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The use of a military force in a threatening manner, but without being blatant about it or actually opening fire on anyone.
For example, conducting a military exercise off an enemy's coast would be a clear example of gunboat diplomacy. The idea is to remind your enemies (and your friends) that you have a capable military force and you are willing to use it to defend your interests. Also, if the other side calls your bluff and sinks the gunboat (or you arrange a [[False
Still pretty common today -- it just involves aircraft carriers.
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** The final Japanese surrender in [[World War Two]] was signed on ''USS Missouri'', a battleship. Perry's US flag was brought along for the occasion as MacArthur was descended from Perry.
* Subverted repeatedly to its own ultimate detriment by Joseon Korea, which had seen what "opening markets" had done to China and wanted little part of it. The American armed schooner General Sherman was sent to Pyongyang in 1866, ostensibly to open trade relations, only to be destroyed by fireships when the crew refused to accept "no" for an answer. Later the same year, an estimated 800 French soldiers aboard six warships attempted to seize the mouth of the Han River and coastal access to the capital, only to be forced back by winter and overwhelming opposition. Talk of a joint French-American punitive expedition went nowhere, but in 1871, the Americans tried again with over 600 marines and five warships, taking five fortifications along the Han River and managing to only strengthen the regent's opposition to modernization, including new proclamations against "appeasing foreigners." It wasn't until their rapidly-modernizing Japanese neighbours threatened to fire on the capital Hanseong (today Seoul) itself that the Hermit Kingdom was finally forced to open its markets to foreign trade, with Japan, America, and Russia at the forefront.
* As the undisputed naval power of the era [[Victorian Britain]] came to rely heavily on this tactic, almost to the level of [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|neglecting other approaches]]. The most ridiculous example is probably the [
** The man responsible for this reaction was [[The Viscount Palmerston]], who was infamous for this sort of thing. Perhaps the best known - and in China, infamous - event to his name was [
* In order to construct the Panama Canal, US President Theodore Roosevelt encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against their Colombian rulers, promising assistance from the US Navy. The rebellion was successful mainly because the USS ''Nashville'' just happened to be in local waters, discouraging the Colombians from sending troops to quell the rebels.
* Used without end by both sides during the [[Cold War]] with various degrees of success. There were many versions, from troop movements around the border, military exercises that were either intentionally leaked or outright covered by the media, [[Nuke'Em|nuclear weapons testing]]... The who blinks first attitude shared by both sides nearly led to [[World War Three]] and the [[Endofthe World As We Know It]], multiple times.
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