To: Cacique
TemujinI've been reading a lot about him lately. The greatest conqueror of all time, a brilliant strategist, and a fierce leader whose troops followed and obeyed out respect for him as man and warrior. To bad he didn't write a book of military maxims.
16 posted on
05/04/2002 10:49:18 PM PDT by
PsyOp
To: PsyOp
He was the leader of one of the smaller tribes in the steppes of the Gobi desert. The Empire reached it's zenith under Kublai his grandson. Unfortunately military and political genius proved not to be heredetary as the unified empire collapsed with the passing of Kublai.
18 posted on
05/04/2002 11:01:32 PM PDT by
Cacique
To: PsyOp
Also, let's not forget Julius Caesar's maxim; "Pay your legions. Nothing else matters."
21 posted on
05/04/2002 11:04:37 PM PDT by
Cacique
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