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Strategy refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. The word is of military origin, deriving from the Greek word στρατηγός (stratēgos), which roughly translates as "general".[1] | Strategy refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. The word is of military origin, deriving from the Greek word στρατηγός (stratēgos), which roughly translates as "general".[1] | ||
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In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. How a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: the terms and conditions that it is fought on and whether it should be fought at all is a matter of strategy, which is part of the four levels of warfare: political goals or grand strategy, strategy, operations, and tactics | In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. How a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: the terms and conditions that it is fought on and whether it should be fought at all is a matter of strategy, which is part of the four levels of warfare: political goals or grand strategy, strategy, operations, and tactics | ||
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Strategy refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. The word is of military origin, deriving from the Greek word στρατηγός (stratēgos), which roughly translates as "general".[1]
In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. How a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: the terms and conditions that it is fought on and whether it should be fought at all is a matter of strategy, which is part of the four levels of warfare: political goals or grand strategy, strategy, operations, and tactics
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