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The author recalls those occasions in European history when states had to choose whether to wage war on land, or on the sea, and latterly in the air as well. He describes the results of their decisions about allocating defence resources and considers whether a different mix of land, sea and air forces might have produced different results. This survey of defence strategy starts in 490 BC with the Persian invasion of Greece and ends with some remarks about strategic choices after the Cold War.

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MICHAEL D. HOBKIRK retired from the Ministry of Defence in 1982, and since then he has been a Senior Research Fellow at the National Defense University in Washington, DC. During his career in the Civil Services he was Principal Establishment and Finance Officer in the Lord Chancellor's Department and Senior Civilian Director at the UK National Defence College. His publications include contributions to The Management of Defence and Reorganising for America's Defence, and to various journals and seminars on defence organisation and management.

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