Naval Diplomacy Research Articles

Soviet Naval Diplomacy

Soviet Naval Diplomacy

Soviet Naval Diplomacy

Soviet Naval Diplomacy

Book review

Bradford Dismukes and James M. McConnell, editors, Soviet Naval Diplomacy. Pergamon Press. 1979. 409 pp. $25.00 hardbound, $9.95 paper. The Dangers of Nuclear War. Edited by Franklyn Griffiths and John C. Polanyi. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1979. 197 pp. $15.00 hardbound, $5.95 paper.

Admiral William B. Caperton and United States Naval Diplomacy in South America, 1917–1919

In May 1917, the United States Navy dispatched a South Atlantic patrol squadron to Brazil under the command of Admiral William B. Caperton, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Caperton, who soon saw his mission as more diplomatic than military, became the United States' best-known representative in South America and worked closely with civilian diplomats to maximize United States influence in the area. His two-year tour of duty from 1917 to 1919, therefore, constitutes a little-known case study in the attempted use of naval forces for diplomatic purposes, and in the development of some aspects of United States policy in South America.