strategy

[Gr.str atēgia=generalship, from strategos a general; Fr. str atégie; Sp. estrategia; Ital. & Lat. strategia.] 1. Mil .: The science, as distinguished from the art of war; the direction of a campaign; the combination and employment of his available forces, by a commander-in-chief, to bring a campaign to an end, as distinct from the minor operations by which it is sought to effect that result, and which are subsidiary to the general plan. [TACTICS.] 2. The use of artifice, stratagem, or fine e in carrying out any project.