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the plan that survives until it meets the enemy, then improvises like everyone else.
means A high-level plan designed to achieve a major aim, weighing resources and obstacles to decide the overall approach rather than the moment-to-moment details.
from From Greek 'stratēgia,' the office or art of the 'stratēgos' — the general — built from 'stratos' (army, a spread-out encampment) plus 'agein' (to lead). So at its root the word literally means 'army-leading.' It came into English through French and Latin in the early 1800s, and only later widened from battlefields to boardrooms and chessboards.
- battlefield origin
- From Greek strategos, meaning the general himself.
- no plan
- Eisenhower called plans useless but planning indispensable.
- chess myth
- Grandmasters win on tactics far more than grand schemes.
- corporate disguise
- Most company strategies are just expensive to-do lists.
- war origin
- Nearly every business buzzword started as military doctrine.
napoleon's russian campaign — 1812 invasion with 600,000 troops that failed due to overextension and winter
containment doctrine — cold war u.s. policy by george kennan to prevent soviet expansion globally, 1947-1991
d-day operation overlord — 1944 amphibious invasion of normandy with coordinated forces across air, sea, and land