The Kra Canal: An Analysis of a Foreign Policy Alternative for the United States Navy in the Indian Ocean

Abstract

Thailand's Isthmus of Kra connects the Malay Peninsula with southern Thailand and Burma. Sixty miles in width at its narrowest point, the Kra Isthmus, over time, has been proposed as a site for the location of a canal connecting the South China Sea with the Indian Ocean. The impact that a completed Kra Canal would have on U.S. Naval policy in the Indian Ocean, in support of specific national interests, was analyzed with respect to the advantages and costs that would result from U.S. participation in the construction and operation of the canal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA010812

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People

  • Alan S. Graham

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Air Platforms
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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of State
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Marine Transportation
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Second World War
  • Southeast Asia
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  • Vietnam War
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