The Yankees, like many teams, will sometimes be vague about the nature of injuries to their players - the art of strategic deception.
A combination of strategic deception and brilliant administration enabled Marlborough to achieve his purpose.
Holt follows John Bevan and his work on the largest strategic deception of the war; Operation Bodyguard.
His task was made more difficult by the fact that strategic deception was a wholly new concept in England, and had few champions in the military establishment.
Additionally, and more sweeping, they were not limited to strategic deception, but had authority to include any matter for a military advantage.
In particular he pioneered the use of strategic deception on a scale never previously seen.
Moreover, Soviet military literature strongly emphasizes strategic deception.
Napoleon made significant use of tactical deception during his campaigns and, later, of strategic deception.
It provided information as to where the enemy's forces were strongest and that the elaborate strategic deceptions had convinced Hitler and the German high command.
(This is assuming the Yankees are not practicing strategic deception in regard to Knoblauch's injury.)