(07-12-2014 06:41 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  Lee was able to do more with less. Remember he was offered the Union Army first. JEB Stuart would have been a game changer at G'burg. Lee also perfected the 'Hit them where they ain't' strategy
Pershing - WW1 Generals get the shaft but he was instrumental in building the US Armed Forces into a World power
MacArthur - He had ego but at that level who doesn't? IMO, he combined the Adminstrative talents of Eisenhower and the battlefield instinct of Patton. Remember he was planning the invasion of Japan before the Bomb was dropped. It would have dwarfed D-Day. Even though he was seen as their Conqueror, the Japanese held and hold him in great reverence. Not to mention the Philippine people. And let's not forget the landing at Inchon. I also sort of liked his idea of nuking the border between Korea and China to cut supplies coming from China.

Honorable Mention - Cutiss LeMay. SAC was his baby and every time you see our B-52's and B-2's be thankful for him

I just can't see LeMay. His ideas regarding Strategic Bombing are what led the AF to believe wars could be won w/o putting boots on the ground.