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Sea power has no more absolute an existence than any other kind of power. It is at most a potential capacity for the application of appropriate force about a given point.
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See, for instance, James Cable, Gunboat Diplomacy 1919–79 (London: Macmillan, 1981)
James Cable, ‘The Diffusion of Maritime Power’, in International Relations (November 1982).
See James Cable, ‘Showing the Flag’, in Proceedings of the USNI (March 1984).
See James Cable, The Royal Navy and the Siege of Bilbao (Cambridge University Press, 1979).
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Cable, J. (1984). The Navy and British Diplomacy. In: Till, G. (eds) The Future of British Sea Power. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07617-8_16
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