James Cable, Date of Birth, Date of Death

James Cable

British diplomat

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1920

Date of Death: 27-Sep-2001

Profession: diplomat, military historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir James Eric Sydney Cable (15 November 1920 – 27 September 2001) 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.