Gunboat Diplomacy: Difference between revisions

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[[File:gunboat diplomacy 6847.jpg|frame|"Oh, this old thing? She's nothing really. You should see the ''real'' heat I'm packing back home."<ref>President T. Roosevelt depicted as defending the United States' commercial interests in Latin America from the European powers.</ref>]]

 

 

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== Film ==

* ''[[The Sand Pebbles]]'' depicts Western gunboat diplomacy in 1920s China. Quite literally: the setting is a gunboat.

**On a similar occasion when a pogram took place with an American Warship in port the American Captain simply threatened to [[Death From Above|blow up the the town.]]

* During [[World War I]] the Germans made several attempts to subvert India, all unsuccessful but enough to cause nervousness in the British. At one time the Afghan tribes were starting to get yet another notion of going on Jihad and incidently plundering a lot. So the British governor at Peshawar invited hundreds of chiefs to a jirga(diplomatic congress) along with those of their followers who had come to decorate their bosses dignity or just to enjoy the partying. At the jirga the British governor gave them an increase in subsidy as a [[Sarcasm Mode|generous gift of gratitude]] for their [[Blatant Lies|loyal friendship.]] During the feast the British governor had them [[Sarcasm Mode|entertained]] by having the British Bomber Command do fly overs and target practice. As a result the tribes decided to be peaceful.

 

== Tabletop Games ==