La estrategia militar (Estrategia, del griego stratigos o strategos, στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; en griego dórico: στραταγός, stratagos; literalmente significa: «líder del ejército») es el esquema implementado por las organizaciones militares para intentar alcanzar los objetivos fijados. La estrategia militar se ocupa del planeamiento y dirección de las campañas bélicas, así como del movimiento y disposición estratégica de las fuerzas armadas. El padre de la estrategia militar moderna, Carl von Clausewitz, la definía como "el empleo de las batallas para conseguir el fin de la guerra". De esta manera, daba prioridad a los objetivos políticos sobre los objetivos militares, apoyando el control civil sobre los asuntos militares. "El general (strategos) debe estar seguro de poder explotar la situación en su provecho, según lo exijan las circunstancias. No está vinculado a procedimientos determinados." Capítulo VIII versículo 9 del arte de la guerra de Sun Tzu. En las guerras convencionales tiene por objeto dirigir las tropas en el teatro de operaciones hasta llevarlas al campo de batalla. Es una de las tres facetas del arte de la guerra, las otras dos serían la táctica militar, consiste en la correcta ejecución de los planes militares y las maniobras de las fuerzas de combate en la batalla. El tercer componente sería la logística militar, destinada a mantener el ejército y asegurar su disponibilidad y capacidad combativa.

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Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. Derived from the Greek word strategos, the term strategy, when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", or "'the art of arrangement" of troops. Military strategy deals with the planning and conduct of campaigns, the movement and disposition of forces, and the deception of the enemy. The father of Western modern strategic studies, Carl von Clausewitz, defined military strategy as "the employment of battles to gain the end of war." B. H. Liddell Hart's definition put less emphasis on battles, defining strategy as "the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the ends of policy". Hence, both gave the pre-eminence to political aims over military goals. Sun Tzu is often considered as the father of Eastern military strategy and greatly influenced Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese historical and modern war tactics. The Art of War by Sun Tzu grew in popularity and saw practical use in Western society as well. It continues to influence many competitive endeavors in Asia, Europe, and America including culture, politics, and business, as well as modern warfare. The Eastern military strategy differs from the Western by focusing more on asymmetric warfare and deception. Strategy differs from tactics, in that strategy refers to the employment of all of a nation's military capabilities through high level and long term planning, development and procurement to guarantee security or victory. Tactics is the military science employed to secure objectives defined as part of the military strategy; especially the methods whereby men, equipment, aircraft, ships and weapons are employed and directed against an enemy.

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