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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Rhodes, Edward, 1959-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Military policy.
Armed Forces.
International relations.
Military history--19th century.
Military history.
Military history--20th century.
World politics--19th century.
World politics.
World politics--20th century.
Physical Description:
x, 450 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2004]
Summary:
By stationing its military forces in a distant region of the world, can a great power hope to shape the peacetime political development of that region? In Presence, Prevention and Persuasion contributing scholars examine six historical periods in which British, American, and French decision-makers attempted to use a regional military predominance to influence domestic and regional political outcomes. The authors explore the types of military capabilities that appear critical in successful persuasion and prevention efforts, and the goals that conducive to this type of action.
Contents:
Introduction: Military Power and Peacetime "Shaping" / Edward Rhodes 1
Chapter 1 A Sword Half Withdrawn from the Scabbard: The Royal Navy and British "Shaping" of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant, 1816-1852 / Jonathan M. DiCicco 13
Chapter 2 Decline, Disengagement, and Shaping the Periphery: Great Britain in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant, 1919-1937 / Jonathan M. DiCicco 65
Chapter 3 A Shadow Cast from Afar: The Royal Navy in South America, 1850-1900 / Thomas C. Walker 123
Chapter 4 The U.S. Navy in the Caribbean, 1903-1920 / Thomas C. Walker 157
Chapter 5 La Chasse Gardee: Post-World War II French West Africa, 1945-1970 / Sarah S. Milburn 197
Chapter 6 Toujours la Chasse Gardee? French Power and Influence in Late-Twentieth-Century Francophone Central Africa, 1970-1995 / Sarah S. Milburn 281.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-436) and index.
ISBN:
0739107267
OCLC:
52727663

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