Naval War College Newport Paper 39 about use of naval forces in diplomacy and
war. The monograph is an empirical analysis of crisis characteristics, actors,
U.S. involvement, and outcomes, exploring the political use of naval forces
during foreign-policy crises short of full-scale warfare.
Dr. Forster, of the University of Zurich, uses a statistical model to analyze
naval crisis data in ways useful to policy makers and strategists-outlining the
unique characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of naval forces and
summarizing theoretical literature on naval diplomacy and coercion, as well as
earlier quantitative research.
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