Military Strategy
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A Military Strategy is an organizational strategy for a military organization that directs the use of military resources to achieve strategic goals.
- Context:
- It can guide Strategic Planning through military doctrine and force deployment.
- It can coordinate Military Operations through command structure and battlefield control.
- It can integrate Military Intelligence through information gathering and threat assessment.
- It can manage Force Development through military training and equipment modernization.
- It can direct Resource Allocation through military budget and logistics system.
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- It can often employ Military Deception through tactical surprise and strategic misdirection.
- It can often utilize Force Projection through military presence and power demonstration.
- It can often implement Deterrence Strategy through military capability and strategic posture.
- It can often adapt Combat Doctrine through battlefield experience and technological change.
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- It can range from being a Revolution in Military Affairs to being a Evolution in Military Affairs, depending on its technological impact.
- It can range from being a Defensive Strategy to being an Offensive Strategy, depending on its strategic objective.
- It can range from being a Conventional Strategy to being an Asymmetric Strategy, depending on its force application.
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- It can maintain Strategic Advantage through military innovation.
- It can ensure Force Protection through defensive measures.
- It can achieve Military Objectives through operational planning.
- It can support National Security through military preparedness.
- It can develop Military Capability through force structure.
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- Examples:
- Military Strategy Types, such as:
- Conventional Warfare Strategys, such as:
- Nuclear Strategys, such as:
- Asymmetric Strategys, such as:
- Military Strategy Applications, such as:
- Land Warfare Strategys, such as:
- Naval Strategys, such as:
- Air Strategys, such as:
- Accelerated Weapons Strategy, such as:
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- Military Strategy Types, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Business Strategy, which focuses on market competition rather than military conflict.
- Diplomatic Strategy, which emphasizes peaceful negotiation rather than force application.
- Political Strategy, which targets political objectives rather than military goals.
- Economic Strategy, which aims for economic development rather than military advantage.
- See: Sun Tzu, Battlefield, Military Organization, Strategic Goal (Military), Greek Language, Strategos, General, Military Deception, Strategic Studies, Carl Von Clausewitz, B. H. Liddell Hart, The Art of War.
References
2024
- (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_strategy Retrieved:2024-6-5.
- Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. [1] Derived from the Greek word strategos, the term strategy, when first used during the 18th century, [2] was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", [3] or "the art of arrangement" of troops. [4] and deals with the planning and conduct of campaigns, the movement and disposition of forces, and the deception of the enemy. The father of Western modern strategic studies, Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), defined military strategy as "the employment of battles to gain the end of war." B. H. Liddell Hart's definition put less emphasis on battles, defining strategy as "the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the ends of policy". [5] Hence, both gave the pre-eminence to political aims over military goals. Sun Tzu (544–496 BC) is often considered as the father of Eastern military strategy and greatly influenced Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese historical and modern war tactics.[6] The Art of War by Sun Tzu grew in popularity and saw practical use in Western society as well. It continues to influence many competitive endeavors in Asia, Europe, and America including culture, politics, and business, as well as modern warfare. The Eastern military strategy differs from the Western by focusing more on asymmetric warfare and deception.[6] Chanakya's Arthashastra has been an important strategic and political compendium in Indian and Asian history as well.
Strategy differs from operations and tactics, in that strategy refers to the employment of a nation's entire military capabilities through high-level and long-term planning, development, and procurement to guarantee security or victory. Operations and tactics is the art of organizing forces on or near the battlefield to secure objectives as part of the broader military strategy.
- Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. [1] Derived from the Greek word strategos, the term strategy, when first used during the 18th century, [2] was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", [3] or "the art of arrangement" of troops. [4] and deals with the planning and conduct of campaigns, the movement and disposition of forces, and the deception of the enemy. The father of Western modern strategic studies, Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), defined military strategy as "the employment of battles to gain the end of war." B. H. Liddell Hart's definition put less emphasis on battles, defining strategy as "the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the ends of policy". [5] Hence, both gave the pre-eminence to political aims over military goals. Sun Tzu (544–496 BC) is often considered as the father of Eastern military strategy and greatly influenced Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese historical and modern war tactics.[6] The Art of War by Sun Tzu grew in popularity and saw practical use in Western society as well. It continues to influence many competitive endeavors in Asia, Europe, and America including culture, politics, and business, as well as modern warfare. The Eastern military strategy differs from the Western by focusing more on asymmetric warfare and deception.[6] Chanakya's Arthashastra has been an important strategic and political compendium in Indian and Asian history as well.
- ↑ Gartner (1999), p. 163
- ↑ Carpenter (2005), p. 25
- ↑ Matloff (1996), p. 11
- ↑ Wilden (1987), p. 235
- ↑ Liddell Hart, B. H. Strategy London:Faber, 1967 (2nd rev ed.) p. 321
- ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 Matti Nojonen, Jymäyttämisen taito. Strategiaoppeja muinaisesta Kiinasta. [Transl.: The Art of Deception. Strategy lessons from Ancient China.] Gaudeamus, Finland. Helsinki 2009. .