an elaborate and systematic plan of action

the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

The use of stratagem or artifice.

The art or science of military command, or the direction of military movements of great importance; clever trickery.

Generalship, or the art of conducting a campaign and manoeuvring an army.

Science or art of moving and posting an army.

The science of military position and movement in war.

The use of stratagem or artifice, as in business.

The science of conducting complicated military movements.

How excellent the strategy! – Tropic Days by E. J. Banfield

But what strategy is left for us? – The Moghul by Thomas Hoover

Through strategy he might more surely learn whatever the old man had held back. – The Gray Mask by Wadsworth Camp

So that not all the battles have been fought, not all the strategy thought out. – The Young Man and the World by Albert J. Beveridge

Martin's methods are regular and very simple, but he goes about his task each day as if the matter was a marvel of military strategy. – People of the Whirlpool by Mabel Osgood Wright

I admired his wisdom without exactly committing myself, and we resorted to strategy. – My Tropic Isle by E J Banfield

But strategy was to put an abrupt end to the fight even if it could have continued much longer. – The Boy Aviators in Africa by Captain Wilbur Lawton

He answered that he was " Serbian polkovnik," and I said " Come into the other room," and by strategy got him away. – With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by John Ward

There had been a struggle in which the medium tried vainly to cry out for help or to reach the bell, but her enemy was too strong for her, and she had grown weaker; then, using strategy, she let herself fall limp under the murderous hands, whereupon Fauvette, laughing triumphantly, had loosened her grip for a moment and allowed Seraphine to free herself. – Possessed by Cleveland Moffett

I've studied military strategy. – The Lost Warship by Robert Moore Williams

They interfere with my strategy. – Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith

She had given the matter not a little strategy and arrangement. – IT and Other Stories by Gouverneur Morris

I don't know how to fight that sort of strategy. – Each Man Kills by Victoria Glad

Let's call it strategy. – The Hero of Garside School by J. Harwood Panting

Strategy was the only means of getting you out safely. – Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon

Therefore, the officer in command of each landing party is especially warned that the rescue of the American prisoners must be accomplished by strategy, not by fighting. – Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by H. Irving Hancock

If Mr. Donald Estey was hoping to take by strategy the citadel that had refused to surrender, he gave no sign. – The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. Porter

She knew that many lives depended upon her endurance, courage, and strategy; many lives, but most of all Alan Macdonald's life. – The Rustler of Wind River by G. W. Ogden

I do not speak of the medium- paced bowler, like Lohmann, whose action had a sort of artless grace that masked the most wily and governed strategy; but of the fast bowler, like Tom Richardson or Mold or even Spofforth. – Leaves in the Wind by A. G. Gardiner