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The strategy occurs as hanker term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, as differentiated from either tactics or immediate actions by having resources at hand. Originally confined to military matters, the word has be ordinarily utilized within numbers of disparate fields, like:

Business strategy Economic strategy Football strategy Military strategy Marketing strategies Game theoretical strategy Strategic management Technology strategy Tennis strategy Trading strategy

Origins of the word
A word finds its roots in the French stratégie, which is at long last from either a Greek stratēgos, which referred to a 'military commander' in a period of the age of Athenian Democracy.

Historic Texts On Strategy
A nature & severity of historic texts differs greatly from either region to metropolitan area, and, when there are a few likely parallels between various forms of strategy (noting, for instance, a popularity of the Art of War as the business book), each domain typically has its have foundational texts, a brief mention of occasionally one follows:

Political strategy The Prince published in 1532 by Machiavelli Military strategy: The Art of War written in the 6th century BC by Sun-tzu On War by Carl von Clausewitz The Influence of Sea Power upon History by Alfred Thayer Mahan Economic strategy General Theory of Employment Interest and Money published in 1936 by John Maynard Keynes Business strategy Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter

Direct Action (from The Nonviolence Web)
News and other resources about direct action regarding various issues, such as peace.

VoteBuddy
The VoteBuddy idea: "You don't vote for that Republican and I won't vote for this Democrat; then we can help build third parties!"

Study Circles Resource Center
Study circles are small-group, democratic, highly participatory discussions in which large numbers of citizens discuss and take action on a problem or challenge facing their community.

How to Fight City Hall
Research and discussion site for local politics. Information for concerned citizens, grass-roots organizations, and polticians.

A Future Worth Living
Essay suggesting strategies for rebuilding the fragmented Left movement(s).

Down with the Elite
Direct action which directly attacks the elite, aiming to change the power relations between elites and the masses.

Choose the Blue
Compares political contributions to Democrats and Republicans by a variety of US companies. Suggests patronizing the ones leaning Democratic, but can be used as a reference in either direction.






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