Imagine going into battle with a plan.
>My battle plan? To win, of course.
Grant too drunk to provide his own quote
>>18462786as it turns out, Grant succeeded because he followed those maxims while McClellan...did not
>>18462786>not showing up the firstest with the mostest
>>18462786>>18463670>"strategic genius">*looks closer*>their state collapsed almost immediately after they won their battles
>>18464147Military commanders as a whole often aren't strategic geniuses. There have been way more civilian strategic geniuses than ones occupying leading positions in armies, especially in more recent centuries; notice the fact that military dictatorships often paradoxically suck ass at fighting and winning wars. The entire purpose of an army general (to fight in order to take steps towards achieving broader political goals) is much more tactical in its nature than strategic.
>>18464147They are military geniuses, not geniuses of statecraft. Napoleon made several severe blunders as emperor. His command of state was not nearly the same as his command of warfare.
>>18464162For Napoleon's defense, he was so good it made all his ennemy hate him out of irrationnal rage. The same peace treaty he achieved/wanted would have been accepted if it was signed at the end of years long balanced wars. But he won in few weeks and made marching throught Vienna his daily afternoon routine. It was too humiliating to be accepted.
>>18464814This. Napoleon's failure as a statesman (although in all honesty he did much better than expected given the circumstances) comes down to the fact that the rest of Europe were fucking screeching at him.iirc he tried on many occasions to basically sit down and say "okay, fighting is over, let's move forward" only to be met with continued autistic screeching from britain or elsewhere. I don't really blame him for simply deciding to keep smashing until either he or his enemies broke.Every time I see a seething angloid try to pull the whole>muh proto HitlerI can just tell that they are angry that no British commander or statesman will ever come anywhere close to the level of fame of Nappy I.
>>18464814>>18464961>tear up every treaty as soon as you feel it's convenient>"hon hon hon why is everyone ze mad at ze moi, can't zey trust me a little bit more until I can turn ze tables and invade them next mon cherie?"
>>18464971Well it clearly was not convenient since it led to losses
