art of war
Combat tactics treatise
The art of war is military strategy and tactics—the principles of conducting armed conflict successfully.
The phrase often alludes to Sun Tzu's ancient Chinese treatise of the same name, which applies to business, politics, and competition generally: She studied the art of war before negotiating the merger.
More broadly, any systematic approach to defeating opponents.
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- armyOrganized land-based military
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
military strategy · tactics · battle plan · military · military doctrine · battle formations · geopolitical strategy · Sun Tzu · ancient wisdom · logistics · chain of command · rules of engagement · military operations · troop movements · Clausewitz · defeat · victory · Machiavelli
art of warpeace
Freedom from disturbance
peacemaking · pacifism · nonviolence · diplomacy · conflict resolution
art of wardiplomacy
Negotiation between nations
statecraft · soft power · mediation · treaty-making · coalition-building
art of warhumanitarianism
Promoting welfare through compassion
caregiving · nurturing · cultivation · creation · mercy
art, arts, arty, artful, artfully, artless, artistry, artist, artistic