STRATEGETIC SITUATIONS
A Strategic Situation, and whether in warfare or in Chess-play, is produced by the presence, in any Strategetic Plane, i.e., theatre of conflict, of two or more opposing Strategetic Entireties, i.e., contending armies.
These latter are of four classifications and are denominated as follows:
- (a) The Kindred Determinate Force.
- (b) The Adverse Determinate Force.
- (c) The Kindred Hypothetical Force.
- (d) The Adverse Hypothetical Force.
RULE I
Given the Strategetic Entireties present in a given Strategetic Situation, designate the opposing Prime Strategetic Factors and express the relative values of each in the terms of the Strategic Syllogism.
THE STRATEGIC SYLLOGISM
Having classified the existing Strategetic Situation, it is necessary next to designate the opposing Columns of Attack, of Support, and of Manoeuvre.
Then, by comparing these Prime Strategetic Factors, to determine the net advantage, disadvantage, or equality that exist between them and to express this condition in the terms of the resulting Strategic Syllogism.
In the construction of a Strategic Syllogism, the Strategic, i.e., the positional value of each of the opposing Prime Strategetic Factors contained in a given Strategetic Situation, is expressed in terms made up of letters and symbols, viz.,