Sir James Eric Sydney Cable was a British diplomat and naval strategic thinker. As an author, he became well known for a series of his works published between 1971 and 1994 about gunboat diplomacy. The Telegraph described him as "one of the most influential naval strategic thinkers of the last half-century". During the Second World War he served as an officer in the British Army.
- Occupation
- diplomat, military historian, military officer
- Position held
- ambassador of the United Kingdom to Finland
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- November 15, 1920
