tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384121608336516305.post8989584790582421125..comments2023-05-30T07:24:39.451-04:00Comments on Ramblings of a Great Khan: Deadliest WarriorThe Great Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342783210750664992noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384121608336516305.post-12847970183378194612011-08-07T17:29:37.176-04:002011-08-07T17:29:37.176-04:00Nice. I always mean't to get around to reading...Nice. I always mean't to get around to reading Clausewitz, rather than just having select quotes rattling around in my head. Thanks for enlightening me, seriously, I don't want any misunderstanding here where you think I am being sarcastic. I like learning new things. The guys on Deadliest Warrior did lay it on a tad thick though, and I still think it's a real travesty that Washington beat him. The American revolution succeeded largely because they were at the end of a six thousand mile transatlantic supply line AND had French assistance,not because George Washington was a particularly good general.The Great Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342783210750664992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384121608336516305.post-88622935551379023612011-08-07T17:03:55.466-04:002011-08-07T17:03:55.466-04:00It was Clausewitz. On War, book 8, chapter iii -...It was Clausewitz. On War, book 8, chapter iii -<br /><br />"The commanders opposed to Frederick the Great were men who acted on commission, and just on that account men in whom caution was a predominant characteristic; the opponent of the Austrians and Prussians [in 1805, 1806 & 1809] may be described in a few words as the very god of war himself."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com