by Lu Wei » Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:17 am
How about some more modern strategists? Mao Zedong was an excellent military commander, strategist and tactician, and unlike Zhuge Liang, managed to unite China under one ruler. Kangxi (might be Qianlong) launched ten succesful campaigns, defeated Russia (most people overlook this when they say the Russo-Japanese War was the first time an Asian power defeated a European one), and was overall an excellent ruler.
"The purpose of war is not to die for your country, it's to make the other bastard die for his."
General George S. Patton, Jr.