Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Quote

Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge to practical life, the improvement of the original leading thought in accordance with continually changing situations.


"On Strategy" (1871), as translated in Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings (1993) by Daniel J. Hughes and Harry Bell, p. 124


Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge to practical life, the...

Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge to practical life, the...

Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge to practical life, the...

Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge to practical life, the...