DTIC ADA220400: Naval Diplomacy Beneath the Waves pdf

DTIC ADA220400: Naval Diplomacy Beneath the Waves

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This thesis addresses one dimension of ‘naval diplomacy’, namely submarine naval diplomacy. It examines the suitability and/or desirability of employing submarine forces for naval-diplomatic purposes. It reviews the historical record of ‘underwater gunboat diplomacy’, the particular aims that its practitioners have sought to achieve, and it examines the opportunities and constraints for the assignment of submarines for future naval diplomacy purposes. Keywords: Naval diplomacy; Gunboat diplomacy; Submarines; SSN; SSBN; Spanish civil war; Cuban missile crisis; Arab-Israeli wars; Political signalling; Visibility; Falklands crisis

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 12/1/1989
• Year: 1989
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Ditzler, Brent A, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *WARFARE, *NAVAL WARFARE, *NAVAL OPERATIONS, ARABS, THESES, SIGNALS, ISRAELIS, CUBA, COERCIVE FORCE, SUBMARINES, UNDERWATER, GUN BOATS, CRISIS MANAGEMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE, GUIDED MISSILES, VISIBILITY

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