To preserve the RVN.
Many if not most military analysts and historians refer to the military term of strategy which is broad in scope. Strategy is tied into both the military plans along with to the ideas about a nation's political objectives for which a war is being fought. In the US Civil War, as an example, the way to reach the Unions political goals was to formulate a successful military strategy.
Obtaining political goals by other than political means.
At the time of the US Civil War, military & political leaders often used the term of military policy. It had its meaning at the time, but a clearer understanding of the term is better defined by the following;Strategy defines how military force is used in the pursuit of a political driven goal. This by no means is "splitting hairs". It places the method and planning of force to meet the political goals of a government.
The geo-political goals were some of the conflicting goals in America during the Cold war.
The obtaining of political goals, by other than political means.
Obtaining political goals by other than political means.
War is the obtaining of political goals by other than political means.
Germany's political goals during World War II were to expand its territory and establish dominance over Europe through military conquest. Adolf Hitler aimed to create a Greater Germanic Reich, eliminate perceived threats to the German nation, and implement his vision of a racially homogenous empire.
To preserve the Union.
By looking at the politics of it. Wars are obtaining political goals by other than political means.
Which gulf war? There were three.
The cold war was the state of political and military tension after World War II.