Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> At 09:20 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, John Garcia wrote:
>
> >My List of Great American Generals (in order):
> >Washington
> >Grant
> >Sherman
> >Marshall
> >Vandergrift
> >Gray
> >
> >Feel free to agree or not.
> >
> >Grant came from hardscrabble circumstances and personal failure to lead
> >the greatest army of its time to complete victory.
> >john
>
> Didn't we (the list) have the discussion before?
>
> I'd put Pershing above Grant, remove Sherman, add Winfield Scott. I
> seriously don't know Vandergrift and Gray.
*A* discussion was had. There was some disagreement. I don't know that
anyone managed to change anyone else's mind on it.
As long as people are trying to persuade, rather than browbeat or
insult, I don't mind this particular discussion cropping up now and
again. If I end up with questions on any of those generals, I can just
jump into the thread and ask for a reading recommendation. :)
If it's just posting lists and nothing stronger than "I disagree", it's
probably informative to people who have thought about this, tells them
something about the folks they disagree with, and that isn't a bad
thing.
Julia
who doesn't know anything about Winfield Scott, Vandergrift, OR Gray
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