military strategy
use of force or threat of violence focused for political purposes
leapfrogging
military strategy, also called island hopping
Singapore strategy
defence policy of the British Empire (1919–1941), aiming to deter Japanese aggression with a base for a fleet of the Royal Navy in Singapore
military deception
attempts to mislead enemy forces during warfare
Tripwire force
strategic approach in military deterrence theory
Europe first
strategy focusing on Nazi Germany over Japan
Strategic Hamlet Program
Rural Vietnamese anti-communist strategy
decapitation strike
military strategy aimed at removing the leadership or command and control of a hostile government or group
conquest
military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms
balance of terror
Cold War policy of tenuous peace
people's war
Maoist military strategy
Deep operations
Military strategy developed from the 1920's and 30's Soviet Union
maneuver warfare
military strategy
Pacification
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search and destroy
type of military counterinsurgency strategy, killing all enemies then quickly retreating
scorched earth
military strategy
grand strategy
broad-scope, comprehensive military strategy
Battle of annihilation
military strategy seeking total destruction of an enemy's military capacity
strategic bombing
military attacks by air aimed at destroying a country's ability to make war and will to fight
island-chain strategy
concept in United States foreign policy
ruse de guerre
strategy or act regarding use of military deception
defence in depth
military strategy where a defender delays and spreads out an attacker's advance
Tirpitz Plan
Germany's pre-World War I strategic aim to build the second largest navy in the world
mining
military strategy
fifth column
group of people who undermine a larger group
counter-insurgency
Political and military actions by a state to defeat an insurgency or a resistance movement and to address its root causes. The measures vary from intentionally deadly military force to gaining sympathy of a population ("Winning Hearts and Minds")
dispersal
strategic spreading-out of military equipment and personnel to reduce collateral damage
hybrid warfare
theory of military strategy