“A temporary line created when a military unit reaches a landing beach by sea and begins to defend the area while other reinforcements help out until a unit large enough to begin advancing has arrived.” Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find
“a military strategy in which a belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and material.” Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
“A poor strategy that wins a lesser (or sub-) objective but overlooks and loses the true intended objective.” (related: sacrifice play) Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
“A military strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy. It is best known as the Cold War policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.” Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
“A diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict.” (related: Danegeld, extortion) Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
“In which one side seeks to prevail not by the use of superior force, but by making emotional or intellectual appeals to sway supporters of the other side.” Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
“The belief that military success can only be achieved through the direct physical presence of troops in a conflict area.” Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
“A means of leaving one’s current situation, either after a predetermined objective has been achieved, or as a strategy to mitigate failure.” Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
“Involves using reverse psychology (and luck) to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes, and therefore induce the enemy to retreat.” (related: Potemkin village — “any construction (literal or figurative) built solely to deceive others
“You go to war with the Army you have. They’re not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.” (related: Joy’s law — “no matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.”;