Strategy

A strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, as differentiated from tactics or immediate actions with resources at hand. Originally confined to military matters, the word has become commonly used in many disparate fields, such as:

Historic Texts On Strategy

The nature of historic texts differs greatly from area to area, and, while there are some potential parallels between various forms of strategy (noting, for example, the popularity of the Art of War as a business book), each domain generally has its own foundational texts, a brief mention of some of these follows:

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• Political strategy
• The Prince published in 1532 by Machiavelli
• Military strategy:
• The Art of War written in the 6th century BC by Sun-tzu
• On War by Carl von Clausewitz
• The Influence of Sea Power upon History by Alfred Thayer Mahan
• Economic strategy
• General Theory of Employment Interest and Money published in 1936 by John Maynard Keynes
• Business strategy
• Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter