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• It appeared especially so for those who were defeated by gunboats and railways from the nineteenth century on.

• Secondly, there is the gunboat diplomacy of threatening to leave if we do not get just what we want.

• We no longer impose our will by gunboat diplomacy.

• I was the first officer in this country to fuel a submarine from a gunboat.

• They complained that we had not given them any gunboats to allow them to defend their borders more effectively.

• Would we use gunboats and insist on boarding such vessels?

• There may be some people who still believe in gunboats, but most sensible people on both sides want to see mutual arms reductions.

• The number of special vessels—gunboats, mining vessels, repair ships, etc.