council of war
Military planning session
A council of war is a meeting of military officers or leaders to discuss strategy, especially during a crisis or before battle.
The term extends to any urgent gathering to decide how to handle a difficult situation: The family held a council of war to figure out what to do about the lawsuit.
- war cabinetLeaders managing military conflict
- battleplanOrganized approach to warfare
- battle planScheme for combat
- war partyGroup assembled for attack
- generalWidespread, not specialized
advisory · commander · crisis management · strategic planning · strategy · tacticians · intelligence · consensus-building · operation · quorum · emergency meeting · deliberation · chain of command · art of war · war footing · task-force · court martial · conflict
council of warpeace summit
Meeting to end conflict
peace conference · peace talks · armistice negotiations · ceasefire talks · treaty negotiations
council of warfield command
Directive issued in operations
unilateral action · executive order · direct action · snap judgment · combat operations
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