1. This is tangential, but I'm always puzzled by the amount of credit people are willing to give to loser generals like Lee & Rommel.
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see also: the cult that Patton enjoys vs the inarguably more successful Bradley.
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Grant?
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Let's not forget Grant. Who was both tactically and strategically more gifted than Lee but had the misfortune to be a bit shabby.
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11. To paraphrase the president, I like generals who win wars.
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Maybe he's trying to make losing great again.
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Add Patton and MacArthur to the aristocrat list. Two of the buffs' favorites. Not coincidentally, two of Trump's favorites.
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I don't think Patton was an aristocrat. The Russian generals who defeated Napoleon were all aristocrats, and all forgotten.
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For that matter, the most lauded military mind of all time -- Napoleon-- was a provincial upstart.
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Rommel wasnt much of an aristocrat. Dad was an educator.
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Zhukov is huge in Russia. Despite not actually being that great. He was the best general to survive the purges, but no stunner
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