Navies and Foreign Policy

297 Pages·2014·5.621 MB·English

by  Ken Booth

Routledge Revivals
Navies and Foreign Policy
First published in 1977, this study offers a comprehensive, systematic
and integrated survey of the important relationship between navies and
the making and execution of foreign policy. Ken Booth explains the
functions navies can perform in both war and peace, the influence they
have on particular situations, and how the relevant organisations can
affect the character of naval actions. Ultimately, navies are regarded as
indispensable instruments of the state by a number of countries, whilst
all countries with a coast find some need to threaten a degree of force
at sea. This book provides students and academics with the intellectual
framework with which to assess the changing character of the navy.
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Navies and Foreign Policy
Ken Booth
Firstpublishedin1977
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ALibraryofCongressrecordexistsunderLCcontrolnumber:76028612
ISBN13:978-1-138-78168-9(hbk)
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NAVIES AND
FOREIGN POLICY
K. BOOTH
V
CROOM HELM LONDON
CRANE, RUSSAK NEW YORK
© 1977 K. Booth
Croom Helm Ltd
2-10 St John’s Road, London SW11
ISBN 0-85664-323-8
Published in the United States by
Crane, Russak & Company Inc.,
52 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10017
ISBN 0-8448-1013-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 76-28612
CONTENTS
Preface 9
Part One: Navies as Instruments and Influences
1. The Functions of Navies 15
2. Naval Diplomacy 26
3. Navies and Prestige 50
4. The Influences of Warships upon Foreign Policy 85
5. Types of Navies 113
6. Naval Happenings: The Impact of Players and Processes 127
Part Two: Naval Policy: The Permanently Operating Factors
7. Naval Capabilities 167
8. The Domestic Sources 195
9. The International Context 217
Index 286
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