strategy

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of large-scale combat operations.

A plan of action resulting from strategy or intended to accomplish a specific goal. synonym: plan.

The art or skill of using stratagems in endeavors such as politics and business.

The science of combining and employing the means which the different branches of the art of war afford, for the purpose of forming projects of operations and of directing great military movements; the art of moving troops so as to be enabled either to dispense with a battle or to deliver one with the greatest advantage and with the most decisive results; generalship. ; ;

The use of artifice, finesse, or stratagem for the carrying out of any project.

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

The use of stratagem or artifice.

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.