What do you think the difference between strategy and tactics?
2007-03-04 14:50:20 · 6 answers · asked by itguru5354 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Strategy is the use of your forces in large-scale, long range planning to achieve an overall goal. Tactics are the means by which you deploy, manuever, and engage your forces in battle in order to accomplish your strategy.
2007-03-04 15:01:30 · answer #1 · answered by PaulHolloway1973 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Strategy sets the direction and boundary's; tactics are the means used to achieve those goals with in the boundary's. Strategy without tactics is have a good idea and no where to go. Tactics with out strategy is like going for a drive with no map.
To paraphrase Sun Tsu: The difference between those who win and lose is that winners, win the war and THEN go to battle. Losers go to battle and THEN try to win.
2007-03-04 15:04:36 · answer #2 · answered by Bruce H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Strategy is an overall plan for a goal, while tactics is the actual means to achieve them
2007-03-04 14:56:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In a word: scale: Strategy is a set of high-level goals: Tactics are choices to help you meet strategic goal.
In warfare, there are many levels of strategy of tactics.
Win the War.
--> by disrupting supply lines
Disrupt supply lines
--> by capturing this bridge
Capture this bridge
--> by making a coordinated military strike, with precision bombing of strongholds, immediately followed by a ground offensive
and so on.
2007-03-04 15:01:58 · answer #4 · answered by John T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
strategy is by large scale, tactics by smaller scale
2007-03-04 15:06:24 · answer #5 · answered by anderson 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strategy is what Conservatives use, Tactics are what liberals use.
2007-03-04 14:54:31 · answer #6 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋