United States Naval Diplomacy in the Third World

Abstract

This paper analyzes the unique capabilities of United States Navy carrier and surface forces to serve as military and diplomatic tools of United States national security policy towards Third World coastal nations in peacetime and in operations short of general war. A coherent national security policy must take into account the changing face of the Third World political, economic, and military scene. The development of this policy should include a clearly defined role for the application of U.S. military forces in what Clausewitz terms 'the continuation of policy by other means'. The author argues that the U.S. Navy is best suited to execute a variety of national security/naval diplomacy roles in any of the Third World coastal states. He identifies Soviet interests in the Third World, and explores the role of naval diplomacy in protecting U.S. national interests in the Third World now and in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202074

Entities

People

  • David T. Gato

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Operations
  • Congress
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Vessels
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies