The Dimensions of Military Strategy

Abstract : This memorandum considers the nature of military strategy, and how it overlaps with tactics and national (grand) strategy. Five approaches which offer varying perspectives to strategic problems are identified and discussed. These are: the classical (or historic) approach; the spatial approach; the power potential approach; the technological approach; and, the ideological/cultural approach. The memorandum concludes by identifying the principal approaches to military strategy currently pursued by the major powers.