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| | NWCR, Winter 2000: Rhodes et al. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Given budgetary pressures on todays defense establishment, the drain on personnel and materiel caused by forward deployment, the global nature of American commitments, the sweeping goals of American foreign policy, and the long-term consequences of investment decisions, an improved understanding of how peacetime presence and engagement influence the political environment is crucial. |
 | | That is, the Royal Navys role was more than symbolic, and these other powers (at varying times Egypt, Russia, and France) were at least sometimes highly sensitive to the actual capabilities of forward-operating elements of the Royal Navy. |
 | | The Mediterranean represented the center of gravity for the Royal Navy; roughly half the British fleet was deployed there during the interwar period, with major bases at Malta and Alexandria. |
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