ABSTRACT
PCWTT may be an awkward acronym, but it is argued that the words that form it do represent the key aspects of strategy. A strategy takes place in an environment, a natural environment under the heading of terrain that can affect the strategy either positively or negatively. The five facets of strategy purpose, capability, will, terrain and tactics have been argued to be the key aspects of strategy; they are all mission-critical, as it were. In general, purpose, capability and will occur prior to action, while terrain and tactics impinge more on how an action is carried out once it has been decided upon. Perhaps the Japanese in the Pacific War thought that purpose and could overcome any deficiency, but as the war developed they were unable to overcome disadvantages in capability, terrain and tactics. The most important facet of strategy is purpose, but as has been seen, there are instances where purpose was unclear or even missing.
