As we observe over recent weeks US naval and air forces once more engaged in a war in the Persian Gulf, commentators try and analyse its import and strategic implications. The last time such a conflict occurred in the ‘War on Terror’ similar intellectual exercises took place. In the Winter 2004 edition of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute, ANI member Sub-Lieutenant Sam Fairall-Lee wrote Sea power, grand strategy and the War on Terror. His analysis resonates today.
