Gunboat diplomacy
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In international politics, gunboat diplomacy (or Big Stick diplomacy in U.S. history) refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power - implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare, should terms not be agreeable to the superior force.
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Notable examples
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18th century
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19th century
- Second Barbary War (1815)
- Opium War (1840, 1856)
- Don Pacifico Incident (1850)
- Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852)
- Opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew C. Perry and his Black Ships (1853–54)
- Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864)
- Christie Affair, Empire of Brazil against British Empire (1861-1865)
- Tonkin Flotilla (1883)
- Môle Saint-Nicolas affair (1889-1891)
- Baltimore crisis (1891)
- Franco-Siamese War of 1893
- Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896)
- Luders Affair (1897)
- Yangtze River Patrol (1850s–1930s)
- Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1893)
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20th century
- Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903
- Panama separation from Colombia
- Great White Fleet (1907)
- Agadir Crisis (1911)
- Occupation of Veracruz (1914)
- First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–55)
- Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)
- Operation Vantage (1961)
- Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995–96)
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21st century
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See also
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