Hervé Coutau-Bégarie
Table of Contents
Introduction : Soviet Maritime Power – an Enigma?
Chapter I – Strategic Nuclear Mission
Offensive Mission: Strategic Strike
Defensive Mission: Strategic Defense
Chapter II – General Military Missions
The Soviet Navy’s Potential
Logic Behind Navy’s Development
The Navy’s Weak Points
Soviet Navy’s Missions
Political Missions
Symbolic Function
Naval Diplomacy
Typology of Forms of Naval Diplomacy
Cooperative Diplomacy
Protection of Maritime Shipments
Support for Friendly Government Against Domestic Enemies
Support for Client or Friendly State Against Western Client or Friendly State
Support for Client or Friend Against Big Western Power
Support for Client or Friend Against China
Support for Neutral or Even Hostile Country Against a Big Western Power
Coercive Diplomacy
Spatial Pressure Signifying a Warning
Pressure to obtain advantages
Permanent Pressure
Effectiveness of Naval Diplomacy
