[Commander8]

Putting personal politics aside, I'd say they are pretty good choices.

[Leisler]

Rommel over George S. Patton
Wellington over Napoleon

U.S.Grant(first industrial general)

[Jagdgewehr]

If Napolean and Horatio Nelson make the list, why not "The" Duke of Wellington, Authur Wellesley?

[BigDaddyTX]

What about that Sun Tzu (sp?) guy and his "Art of War"?

[Al B.]

R.E. Lee

[Looking for Diogenes]

I count eleven. (Or were Richard and Saladin really the same guy?)

[Burr5]

Oh, and don't overlook Frederick the Great of Germany. This guy was surrounded by enemies, and just kept kicking their butts- either seperately or together.

[Lessismore]

Tamerlane -- in 1401 he sacked Baghdad, slaughtered the inhabitants, and made pyramids of their severed heads outside the gates.

[Newbomb Turk]

H. Norman Schwarzkopf

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."

Maybe not one of the 10 greatest but made exceptional use of the liberal media as a tool in the time of war.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

MacArthur at Inchon

[RightOnline]

I gotta go with Julius Caesar over Alexander the Great.......even if just barely. Both were incredible geniuses at their craft; both were powerful motivators of men.......both ended badly...........

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Grant would have to be in here.He was like the third commander of the Union armies.I once heard a story that someone was badmouthing Grant to Lincoln and complaining about his drinking habits and Lincoln was suppose do have said."Send a case of whatever Grant drinks to the rest of my generals."Doggone good general, but Grant made a lousy President.And by the way i might add;Bush will be a great President, because he knows how to lead.But he would make a lousy General.

[Faraday]

Ghengis Khan/Kublai Khan: They conquered until there was insufficient grass to feed their horses (central Europe & Palestine). No one else has ever been as successful.

[kms61]

I would add Genghis Khan. Patton was a good commander, but I think he's overrated. Certainly there were other commanders who were as good but got less publicity...Lightning Joe Collins comes to mind. If you're going to put a WWII era American on the list I vote for Nimitz.

And I wouldn't put Stonewall Jackson, or NB Forrest in a list of the world's top 10 commanders simply because their track records weren't long enough. Maybe Lee, but I think the one commander from the American Civil War who should definitely make the list is Sherman, because he was the first to understand and implement the tactics of modern full scale warfare.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

I am SPARTACUS

[zapiks44]

I've heard that there was a Roman peasant who became Emperor of Rome literally overnight. He took command of some armies, turned back the invaders, renounced the throne, and went back to peasant life, all within three days or so. Anyone know who this is?

[TheEngineer]

I'm going to throw in my vote for George Washington. Although arguably not a great tactical general, but you have to give him credit for his perseverance under great hardship. And he did his best with what he had to work with. Perhaps the greatest "man" in world history.

[laconic]

William Tecumseh Sherman (never panic) and Kemal Ataturk (smashed the Allies at Gallipoli, drove the Greek Army from defeated Turkey and remade an ancient empire in his image) beat Patton easily. Also, George Washington who may not have won battles but he knew how to win a war against the then-greatest military empire. And Douglas MacArthur who conquered more territory than Eisenhower and Patton with ten percent of the resources and ten percent of the casulaties. And General Suvorov of Russia who was wounded seven times and never lost a battle because unlike modern generals, he was on the front line constantly. Otherwise, your list is pretty accurate in my view, unless you want to include Genghis and Kublai Khan.

[bandleader]

I know that you only picked 10(11),but surely "Stonewall'Jackson should be among them.Also,Robert E.Lee.U S Grant was a wonderful conbat/general but imagine what Lee could have accomplished with the limitless resources of Grant!!I believe that your choice of George S.Patton Jr.is excellent though!!!The ONLY command that he had was ATTACK,ATTACK,and ATTACK!!!!Once again,it's the TOP TEN.Where would Douglas A.MacArthur place??

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Joan of Arc and George Washington