Welcome to Strategos, where I will visit and discuss various issues relating to strategies and tactics; be it as applied to the realms of technology, politics, the military, business, and perhaps more. In the military sense, the distinction between "strategy" and "tactics" can be summed up thus: Strategy involves all the steps taken in winning a war; tactics involves all the steps taken in winning a battle. Hence, the difference lies in the scope of its application.
In the general sense of the word, "strategy" can be used to refer to the skilful use of a stratagem; while "tactics" can be used to refer to maneuvers for attaining a goal [1]. In other words, the word "stratagem" is a superset of "tactic," leading us to conclude that strategy and strategizing can be considered a superset of tactics. Ergo, we will generally use strategy to refer to the two. In cases where it serves our purpose to distinguish between them [such as in military scenarios], such distinctions will be made readily apparent [2].
I will frequently be discussing published material; in fact, I am right now enjoying the thoughts of Robert Greene as laid out in his books The 33 Strategies of War and The 48 Laws of Power.
Notes
[1] As defined on http://www.dictionary.com/
[2] I hope!
