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The Misuse And Abuse Of "Strategic"

The Misuse And Abuse Of "Strategic"

And "Tactical"

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What is strategy? It is applying ways to your means at the service of a political objective. The origin of the word is strategos, a military “general” in Ancient Greece.

But a “general” was elected and could have been a civilian. There is an encounter in Xenophon’s Memorabilia between Nicomachides and Socrates. Nicomachides was upset that the Athenians h…

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