1, Imperialistic aggressors always use gunboat diplomacy to invade countries.

2, The US military often uses the tactic of gunboat diplomacy to squelch acts of terrorism.

3, After six decades of gunboat diplomacy, any detente is to be welcomed.

4, Gone was the era of gunboat diplomacy, gone the treaty port concessions, gone the specially conceded naval bases, the military missions, the ill-disguised interference in Chinese affairs.

5, In the days when gunboat diplomacy was tool of world powers ( Christian Science Monitor ).

6, It also sounds like the kind of moral purpose with which Palmerston infused his gunboat diplomacy.

7, For many Germans, who oppose foreign military expeditions on any grounds , this smacked of gunboat diplomacy.

8, There is also a deeper logic to China's experiment in gunboat diplomacy.