Informationen zum Autor Edward Rhodes is Director of the Center for Global Security and Democracy, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Jon DiCicco is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and Associate Director of the Center for Global Security and Democracy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Sarah Milburn is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Thomas Walker is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, Albany. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung The world has long experience of global powers seeking to influence and stabilise strategic regions by stationing armed forces around the globe. This volume reviews this history in the context of the unchallenged military supremacy of the US and considers the potential for peacetime deployments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 A Sword Half Withdrawn from the Scabbard: The Royal Navy and British "Shaping" of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant! 1816-1852 Chapter 2 Decline! Disengagement! and Shaping the Periphery: Great Britain in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant! 1919-1937 Chapter 3 A Shadow Cast from Afar: The Royal Navy in South America! 1850-1900 Chapter 4 The U.S. Navy in the Caribbean! 1903-1920 Chapter 5 La Chasse Gardee: Post-World War II French West Africa! 1945-1970 Chapter 6 Toujours la Chasse Gardee? French Power and Influence in Late 20th Century Francophone Central Africa! 1970-1995 Chapter 7 Conclusions ...

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
The world has long experience of global powers seeking to influence and stabilise strategic regions by stationing armed forces around the globe. This volume reviews this history in the context of the unchallenged military supremacy of the US and considers the potential for peacetime deployments.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 A Sword Half Withdrawn from the Scabbard: The Royal Navy and British "Shaping" of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant, 1816-1852 Chapter 2 Decline, Disengagement, and Shaping the Periphery: Great Britain in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant, 1919-1937 Chapter 3 A Shadow Cast from Afar: The Royal Navy in South America, 1850-1900 Chapter 4 The U.S. Navy in the Caribbean, 1903-1920 Chapter 5 La Chasse Gardee: Post-World War II French West Africa, 1945-1970 Chapter 6 Toujours la Chasse Gardee? French Power and Influence in Late 20th Century Francophone Central Africa, 1970-1995 Chapter 7 Conclusions