Gunboat diplomacy
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A notable and controversial example of gunboat diplomacy was the Don Pacifico Incident in 1850, in which the British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston dispatched a squadron of the Royal Navy to blockade the Greek port of Piraeus in retaliation for the harming of a British subject, David Pacifico, in Athens, and the subsequent failure of the government of King Otto to compensate the Gibraltar-born (and therefore British) Pacifico.
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- Related: Deterrence theory, Peace through strength
| 1991 article examining potential role of U. S. Nav... 1991 article examining potential role of U. S. Navy in 1990s diplomacy www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1991/GTD.htm - Web |
| Article from a U. S./liberal perspective consideri... Article from a U. S./liberal perspective considering America's global military 'footprint' www.commondreams.org/views04/0401-11.htm - Web |
| A U. K. sailor's-eye-view of two modern gunboat di... A U. K. sailor's-eye-view of two modern gunboat diplomacy missions www.the-old-sea-dog.net/d21.html - Web |
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| Storm in a teacup? Gunboats on the Caspian Sea Storm in a teacup? Gunboats on the Caspian Sea www.iran-press-service.com/.../caspian_status_27202.htm - Web |
| Anti-war analyst Noam Chomsky applies the term to ... Anti-war analyst Noam Chomsky applies the term to NATO's action against Serbia weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/484/in1.htm - Web |
| TIME magazine on Clinton's Tomahawk Diplomacy TIME magazine on Clinton's Tomahawk Diplomacy edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1998/10/12/clinton.kosovo.html - Web |
| Ongoing legal dispute at the International Court o... Ongoing legal dispute at the International Court of Justice over the legality of NATO actions against Serbia www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/iyuk/iyukframe.htm - Web |
