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TacticsTactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. This applies specifically to warfare, but also to economics, trade, games and a host of other fields such as negotiation. Tactics and Strategy are often confused. - Tactics are the actual means used to gain a goal.
- Strategy is the overall plan.
An example of the difference: - The overall goal is to enhance your group's power by winning sympathy from people for your cause.
- The strategy is to engage in many conflicts and lose.
- The tactics (told to the combatants) are to do very specific things in a specific place.
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