pick your leader

[nj1]

Originally Posted by chrispenycate

Miles Vorkostigan.
Sneaky little devil who will do everything to avoid casualties in his forces, and will never consider a head-on assault.

Better than all these valiant heroes who don't care how many get through as long as the battle is won.

Who?
Is this person a commander of a large or small force? A small force leader generally attemps to keep casualties low as they have little resources.

I was thinking when posting this thread that the two armies are within say ten miles of each other, so there's room to manouvre but gurilla tctics are less likley to occur?

[Citadel]

Uhh....George Bush?
**Blink, blink** and the room is quiet.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Aleksei

Flavius Belisarius, no doubt about it. (though he was a real person, I am referring to the fictional portrayal of him in David Drake's and Eric Flint's Belisarius series.)

Have you read the other series by Drake and SM Sterling called The General also based on Belisarius?

I wonder which one of the two series to read.

Is the series you talk about written like historical fiction and based on his life? I would like that.

[gully_foyle]

How about Cheradenine Zakalwe from Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks? He's a pretty good general, just don't mention chairs.

[AE35Unit]

Either Slippery Jim diGriz from The Stainless Steel rat books or Rincewind from Discworld,complete with Luggage!

[Reading_fanatic]

If it's a fantasy battle I would Jasaray the Stone General from David Gemmells Rigante series.

If it's a Sci-Fi battle I would pick Honor Harrington from David Webers Honor Harrington series.

[danedane]

Ender form Ender's Game he may be just a kid but hes smarter then me

[K. Riehl]

Ender, as he never lost a battle.

[Fake Vencar]

Obviously, it would have to be Prince Arutha as he DID defeat an army of more than twice the men

[that old guy]

Hile Troy, Thomas Covenant/The Illearth War

[nj1]

Originally Posted by Fake Vencar

Obviously, it would have to be Prince Arutha as he DID defeat an army of more than twice the men

I've never thought of Arutha as a general. Perhaps cos in most books he's off on some secret mission with a handfull of pals. Even during the defence of Krondor I didn't think of him as a commanding general even though he was in charge of the defence of the kingdom.

[Doug Graves]

Easy: Elric...he doesn't even need an army.

[Simple Simon]

Matrim Cauthon from The Wheel of Time series.

[Joel007]

From Ian Irvine's books, I wouldn't mind Cryl-Nush Hlar after his leadership at the battle of Gumby-Marth. Scrutator Xervish Flydd is a pretty awesome leader too

[Lucien21]

Honor Harrington