Naval Diplomacy Beneath the Waves: A Study of the Coercive Use of Submarines Short of War

Abstract

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA220400

Entities

People

  • Brent A. Ditzler

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Boats
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • International Relations
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Recreation
  • Second World War
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies