[Destro]

Leisler, you mean King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans. But the greatest Greek general until Alexander must be the Theban general Epaminondas. He broke the Spartans forever and educated Phillip of Macedon, Alexander the Great's father who was a young hostage in Thebes at the time.

[Leisler]

One of my favorite books, and I keep it in my car if I ever need something to read is Thucydidies, The Peloponnesian War. But you know what, I don't think the old guys compare. Yes the basics are there, but the modern Generals, and their Officer Corps are something new all together. Those leaders didn't have to deal with constant technological change, and at such a pace. I, personally, believed it began with the American Civil War. Mass industries, new inventions, etc. For example, could Alexander with his buddies be a General today? No. Sure modern generals aren’t as colorful, and are more likely to have a MBA than a dueling scar, but it is a machine, numbers, and electronic world with warfare reflecting it.