Thursday, December 3, 2015

Strategic figures from history

strat·e·gy
ˈstradəjē/
noun


  • a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim."time to develop a coherent economic strategy"
  • synonyms: master plan, grand design, game plan, plan (of action), action plan,policy, program; Morethe art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle.
Before we embark on a mission it is crucial to have a strategy. Weigh all the options before we make decisions that will have future implications.  For this blog post please research a strategic figure of your choice and describe one instance in which a decision they made changed the course of history. For better or worse.

Please reply with a paragraph or two briefly summarizing a historical strategic figure of your choice. Why did you choose that person? What was their contribution to history? What made their decision controversial and how did it change history.

Include a link to your source.