Descriptions and Definitions of Strategy
Collected by Lt Col Dave Lyle, USAF
In military strategy, to paraphrase Clausewitz, everything is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult – and that extends to its definition.
– William O. Staidenmaier, “Strategic Concepts for the 1980s: Part I” in Foundations of Force Planning: Concepts and Issues 81
Historical Definitions of Strategy
Paul Gideon…