<P> The principle involved in preserving the balance of power as a conscious goal of foreign policy , as David Hume pointed out in his Essay on the Balance of Power , is as old as history , and was used by Greeks such as Thucydides both as political theorists and as practical statesmen . </P>
<P> The principle involved in preserving the balance of power as a conscious goal of foreign policy , as David Hume pointed out in his Essay on the Balance of Power , is as old as history , and was used by Greeks such as Thucydides both as political theorists and as practical statesmen . </P>
who came up with the balance of power theory
who came up with the balance of power theory
David Hume
David Hume