Strategy
the science, as distinguished from the art of war; the direction of a campaign; the combination and employment of his available forces, by a commander-in-chief, to bring a campaign to an end, end, as distinct from the minor operations by which it is sought to effect that result, and which are subsidiary to the general plan (See TAC- STRATFORD-ON-AVON TICS). Also the use of artifice, stratagem, or finesse in carrying out any project.