1st Edition

Navies and Foreign Policy (Routledge Revivals)

By Ken Booth Copyright 1977
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

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.... Read more

Preface;  Part I: Navies as Instruments and Influences  1. The Functions of Navies  2. Naval Diplomacy  3. Navies and Prestige  4. The Influences of Warships upon Foreign Policy  5. Types of Navies 6. Naval Happenings: The Impact of Players and Processes;  Part II: Naval Policy: The Permanently Operating Factors  7. Naval Capabilities  8. The Domestic Sources  9. The International Context;  Index

Biography

Ken Booth