Superpower Naval Crisis Management in the Mediterranean.

Abstract

This paper first describes the postures adopted by the two navies in non-crisis periods to enable them to respond to crises as well as carry out their other missions. It then examines the ways in which naval crisis management is currently practiced in the Mediterranean by describing in some detail the specific actions taken by the two navies in five of the most important recent Mediterranean crises, and by estimating how these actions were related to the political objectives of national policymakers. It concludes with some speculations concerning the ability of the U.S. Navy to continue to support political objectives in future Mediterranean crises.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104222

Entities

People

  • Stephen S. Roberts

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Boats
  • Crisis Management
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Indian Ocean
  • Information Science
  • Integrals
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Middle East
  • Navy
  • Oceans
  • Operations Research

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