41 pages AEI Press  (Washington) Publication Date: January 1980 Paperback ISBN: 0844734128

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The Uses of Navies in Peacetime maintains that the functions of navies in peacetime are to provide visible signals of national intent in support of diplomatic intercourse and to apply force as necessary when diplomacy fails. The author examines the nature of the implied use of force and considers how signals of national intent are made and the types of forces and operations they involve. He also looks at the unique problems involved in the transition from peacetime operations to open warfare between superpowers. In the final chapter, he considers the implications of his proposals for peacetime naval requirements.

Charles D. Allen, Jr., is senior vice-president of Delex Systems, Inc., a Washington-based consulting firm. He has conducted a number of studies on the uses and structure of naval forces for the U.S. Navy and Defense Department.