war strategy
Military campaign design
War strategy is the planning and coordination of military forces to achieve objectives in armed conflict.
It operates at a higher level than tactics—strategy determines which battles to fight; tactics determine how to fight them.
The term extends to any domain requiring long-term planning against opposition: a war strategy for capturing market share, The campaign's war strategy focused on swing states.
- divide and conquerOvercome by fragmenting opposition
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- siege warfareSurrounding fortifications to force capitulation
- scorched earthDestroy all useful resources
attrition · asymmetric warfare · guerrilla warfare · combined arms · blitzkrieg · total war · propaganda · counterinsurgency · preemptive strike · theater of war · troop mobilization · chain of command · Sun Tzu · amphibious assault · cyber warfare · espionage · intelligence gathering · air superiority
- classified inteltop secret, classified, classified documents, state secrets, military secrets
- East Asian Warfarebattles, warriors, soldiers, generals, infantry formations
- Ulysses Grantpresidency, military career, general, Grant's Tomb, Union Army
- invasionincursion, invasion force, invasion fleet, invasion route, ground invasion
- military commandgenerals, commanders, admirals, officers, captains
- warrior traitsswordsmanship, archery, bravery, valor, honor
war strategytactics
Methods to achieve goals
battle tactics · tactical operations · field maneuvers · firefight
war strategydiplomacy
Negotiation between nations
peace process · conflict resolution · diplomatic strategy · peacemaking · peace negotiations