Gunboat Diplomacy 1919-1991 : Political Applications of Limited Naval Force

James Cables book...has deservedly remained the classic work - Geoffrey Till, International Relations ...a classic work in the modern literature on naval power...This third edition is to be welcomed, not only because it increases the books availability but because Cables revisions highlight the increased relevance of the topic. - Michael Pugh, Journal of Strategic Studies When Gunboat Diplomacy was first published in 1971, it broke new ground with its study of how, in peacetime and in the twentieth century, governments used their naval forces in international disputes. Now fully revised and brought up to date after the collapse of the Soviet empire and the end of the cold war, this third edition of a book that was already a modern classic has a foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald.