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strategyIn warfare, coordinated application of all the forces of a nation to achieve a goal. In contrast to tactics, strategy's components include a long-range view, the preparation of resources, and planning for the use of those resources before, during, and after an action. The term has expanded far beyond its original military meaning. As society and warfare have steadily grown more complex, military and nonmilitary factors have become more and more inseparable in the conduct of war and in programs designed to secure peace. In the 20th century, the term grand strategy, meaning the art of employing all the resources of a nation or coalition of nations to achieve the objects of war (and peace), steadily became more popular in the literature of warfare and statecraft. strategy [′strad·ə·jē] (ecology) A group of related traits that evolved under the influence of natural selection and solve particular problems encountered by organisms. (mathematics) In game theory a strategy is a specified collection of moves, which cover all possible situations, for the complete play of a given game. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"You must use a little strategy," said a Philosopher to whom the Successful Man of Business had reported the Thief's haughty reply. In a few short years he revolutionized, not the strategy or tactics of sea-warfare, but the very conception of victory itself. The men are trained in the higher branches of the art of war; in strategy and the maneuvering of large bodies of troops. |
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