Military Leader Profile

[Mono Tejano]

Which Military Leader are you?

http://www.military.com/LeaderShipTest/1,16183,main.htm,,00.html



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Teddy Roosevelt!

Biography:
Teddy Roosevelt was one of the most dramatic figures in American history. He was both an accomplished civilian and military leader. He captured the nation's imagination by leading the "Rough Riders" in the Spanish American war. As assistant secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley, Roosevelt vigorously worked toward a two-ocean Navy. As President, he was known for advocating environmental conservation, pro-labor policies, and expansionism.

Leadership Attributes:
Teddy Roosevelt was a man of action and preferred to lead from the front. He stunned the country when he resigned his powerful and comfortable position as assistant secretary of the Navy to establish and lead the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War. He achieved lasting fame by leading his regiment in a bold charge up Kettle Hill in the Battle of Santiago. Personally, he was upbeat and dominant. As President, he was a skilled diplomat, negotiating many issues favorable to the U.S., including Alaska's boundary with Canada. He even helped bring an end to the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Phædrus]

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Wesley Clark!

Biography:

Graduating from West Point at the head of his class, Wes Clark has achieved success throughout his military career. He served in Vietnam; was a key negotiator of the Dayton Peace Accords; and was head of the U.S. European Command. Clark was an Armor Officer who commanded at every level from company to division. As Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, he led the 19-member alliance to victory in Kosovo — NATO's longest and most difficult military campaign.
Leadership Attributes:

Clark has had a distinguished military career. As Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command, Panama, he directed all U.S. forces in Latin America and the Caribbean. As the Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, J5, the Joint Staff, he was the staff officer responsible for U.S. military strategic planning. Clark is also known for considerable diplomatic prowess — he was chiefly responsible for holding together the 19-member NATO alliance in Kosovo. He was also the lead military negotiator of the Dayton Peace Accords that brought the war in the former Yugoslavia to a halt.

Never heard of him, but okay! :D

[Viv]

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Dwight D. Eisenhower!

Photo: Eisenhower addressing the troops before the Normandy invasion.
U.S. Army

Biography:
Dwight Eisenhower was both a great military leader and politician. An innovative tank commander before World War II, Eisenhower was appointed to lead the invasion of North Africa as Commander of the European Theater of Operations. He was later chosen to command Operation Overlord, the invasion of Northern Europe, and later became supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe. After his military career, he ran for and won the Presidency.

Leadership Attributes:
An avid planner, Eisenhower worked in the army's war plans division and was known for his strong strategic and organizational skills. Eisenhower was given the position of Supreme Allied Commander partially because of his consummate diplomatic skills. He used his skills throughout the war to balance the various Allied personalities. Field Marshall Montgomery said that Eisenhower was the only one with the personality to get all of the Allies to cooperate and win the war. Personally, he was likable and outgoing. Indeed, the motto of his presidential campaign reflected this: "I like Ike."

Well...I have heard of him at least...lol...

But your guy sounds like a stand-up guy Phaedrus. Although I like the sound of Mono's...left to go off on some adventure with Spanish what?? :cool:

Someone please summarise the Spanish American war if they can, I have no knowledge of that.

[Phædrus]

Well...I have heard of him at least...lol...

But your guy sounds like a stand-up guy Phaedrus. Although I like the sound of Mono's...left to go off on some adventure with Spanish what?? :cool:

Someone please summarise the Spanish American war if they can, I have no knowledge of that.

A US ship harbored in Cuba blew up (probably because of a spontaneous powder explosion), the US blamed Spain and declared war. The US Navy sank the Spanish fleet at Cuba, then the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. There was also some land fighting, but it was insignificant. Spain's Navy shrank from a couple hundred ships to less than a dozen. Spain surrendered and gave America Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and a few other islands. That's about it.

[donquixote99]

A US ship harbored in Cuba blew up (probably because of a spontaneous powder explosion), the US blamed Spain and declared war. The US Navy sank the Spanish fleet at Cuba, then the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. There was also some land fighting, but it was insignificant. Spain's Navy shrank from a couple hundred ships to less than a dozen. Spain surrendered and gave America Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and a few other islands. That's about it.

No, there's quite a bit more.

The war's main significance is it marks America's cultural shift from an anti-colonial break-away from Europe, to an expansionist power on the European model. Happened about as soon as our occupation of the North American continental area was consolidated, of course. The Hearst newspapers, in a prototype of modern media opinion manipulation, stirred-up anti-Spanish feeling, casting the US as the anti-colonialist liberators of the oppressed Cubans.

The aftermath was the Philippines insurrection, a much longer and costlier conflict than the war with Spain, especially for the Filipinos. There was considerable criticism here at the time of our bloody methods of 'pacifying' the place, but the project went ahead, and the episode is now mostly forgotten.

[Viv]

Right...thank you...so that's how you got your hands on Cuba in the first place...how interesting..and it was around when? 1905ish?

What is the situation now with those places? I know about Cuba and Castro. But who has sovereignty of the Phillipines and Puerto Rico, I have heard something about the Puerto Rico situation, but not clear on that.

[Phædrus]

Right...thank you...so that's how you got your hands on Cuba in the first place...how interesting..and it was around when? 1905ish?

What is the situation now with those places? I know about Cuba and Castro. But who has sovereignty of the Phillipines and Puerto Rico, I have heard something about the Puerto Rico situation, but not clear on that.

The Philippines are now a sovereign nation, I don't know the conditions there, but they now have few ties to the US. Puerto Rico is a partially autonomous territory of the US, and though they don't have any senators or representatives, they do have elected officials that, though they can't vote in the Senate or House of Representatives, can make the wants and needs of Puerto Ricans felt. Right now Puerto Rico is evenly split between wanting independence, wanting statehood, and maintaining the status quo, and they have a vote on it ever decade or so.

The other islands we got from Spain are also usually partially autonomous territories as well, though with less representation than Puerto Rico, and usually have a naval/air base on them.

[Chookie]

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William Tecumseh Sherman

Biography:

William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the most controversial and successful Union generals during the Civil War. He performed well at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and the siege of Chattanooga. He captured Atlanta in one of the Civil War's most decisive campaigns. He advocated the concept of "total war" — waging war not just on the enemy's forces but on the enemy's support network. In this, he was the first modern general. He demonstrated this in his famous "March to the Sea," where his troops cut a swath of destruction through Georgia.

Leadership Attributes:

Sherman was tenacious in battle, and served with Ulysses S Grant in his campaigns — including the siege of Vicksburg, where his tenacity payed off. Sherman led by initiative as much as by planning. During his "March to the Sea," he was cut off from supply lines and his troops lived off the land. Sherman was a soldier, not a diplomat. In fact, after the war, when his name was bandied about for a nomination, he said, "If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."

[Viv]

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William Tecumseh Sherman

Biography:

William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the most controversial and successful Union generals during the Civil War. He performed well at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and the siege of Chattanooga. He captured Atlanta in one of the Civil War's most decisive campaigns. He advocated the concept of "total war" — waging war not just on the enemy's forces but on the enemy's support network. In this, he was the first modern general. He demonstrated this in his famous "March to the Sea," where his troops cut a swath of destruction through Georgia.

Leadership Attributes:

Sherman was tenacious in battle, and served with Ulysses S Grant in his campaigns — including the siege of Vicksburg, where his tenacity payed off. Sherman led by initiative as much as by planning. During his "March to the Sea," he was cut off from supply lines and his troops lived off the land. Sherman was a soldier, not a diplomat. In fact, after the war, when his name was bandied about for a nomination, he said, "If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."

Lol...they got your number, Chookie...:p

[Chookie]

Lol...they got your number, Chookie...:p


Damn right they did. But I might run (quickly) in another direction...........

[miriya]

Biography:
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest military geniuses of all time and a colossal political figure. Born in Corsica, he attended French military schools at Brienne and Paris. In his first famous campaign, he was given command of France’s army in Italy, and quickly defeated Sardinia and Austria. This was the beginning of his legend. He captured Malta from the British, defeated the Turks in Egypt, and defeated the Austrians at Marengo. He was named military dictator of France in 1799. After a string of further victories, he was finally defeated in Russia — by the Russian winter, which decimated his troops. He continued to have victories, but he was routed at Leipzig, and France was invaded. Forced to abdicate, he returned to battle later but was finally defeated at Waterloo by a combined British and Prussian force.

Leadership Attributes:
Napoleon was a brilliant planner. In fact, he set up an entirely new system for raising and training an army that revolutionized the field. He was not only a great general but a skillful diplomat, able to consolidate and extend power through treaties and political manipulation as well as on the battlefield. After defeating Sardinia and Austria in Italy, he made several gains through the use of treaties. He set up a friendly republican regime in Lombardy, a tactic he used on other occasions.

[Viv]

Biography:
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest military geniuses of all time and a colossal political figure. Born in Corsica, he attended French military schools at Brienne and Paris. In his first famous campaign, he was given command of France’s army in Italy, and quickly defeated Sardinia and Austria. This was the beginning of his legend. He captured Malta from the British, defeated the Turks in Egypt, and defeated the Austrians at Marengo. He was named military dictator of France in 1799. After a string of further victories, he was finally defeated in Russia — by the Russian winter, which decimated his troops. He continued to have victories, but he was routed at Leipzig, and France was invaded. Forced to abdicate, he returned to battle later but was finally defeated at Waterloo by a combined British and Prussian force.

Leadership Attributes:
Napoleon was a brilliant planner. In fact, he set up an entirely new system for raising and training an army that revolutionized the field. He was not only a great general but a skillful diplomat, able to consolidate and extend power through treaties and political manipulation as well as on the battlefield. After defeating Sardinia and Austria in Italy, he made several gains through the use of treaties. He set up a friendly republican regime in Lombardy, a tactic he used on other occasions.

Napoleon? NAPOLEON??? Shockerooni...you think too much and plan too much...:D

Still, could be worse. We still don't have a Hitler...

[miriya]

funny think is I didnt choose the make many plans choose

[ciaranxavier]

Biography:

Robert E. Lee was the legendary commander of the Confederate forces in the Civil War. Against overwhelming odds, Lee scored victory after victory against the Union forces led by seven different generals. Famous battles include: 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, and — possibly his greatest performance — Chancellorsville. Outnumbered two to one, Lee broke with convention and divided his forces not once but twice — ultimately driving the Federal army under Joseph Hooker from the field.
Leadership Attributes:

Personally, General Lee was reserved and seemed enigmatic to his men. But on the battlefield he was daring and audacious, as at Chancellorsville, where he divided his troops in the face of greater opposing forces. His diplomatic skills were as well-honed as his generalship. For example, in his early role as presidential adviser to Jefferson Davis, he tried to ease the difficult personalities of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis and General Joseph E. Johnston.

[Viv]

Biography:

Robert E. Lee was the legendary commander of the Confederate forces in the Civil War. Against overwhelming odds, Lee scored victory after victory against the Union forces led by seven different generals. Famous battles include: 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, and — possibly his greatest performance — Chancellorsville. Outnumbered two to one, Lee broke with convention and divided his forces not once but twice — ultimately driving the Federal army under Joseph Hooker from the field.
Leadership Attributes:

Personally, General Lee was reserved and seemed enigmatic to his men. But on the battlefield he was daring and audacious, as at Chancellorsville, where he divided his troops in the face of greater opposing forces. His diplomatic skills were as well-honed as his generalship. For example, in his early role as presidential adviser to Jefferson Davis, he tried to ease the difficult personalities of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis and General Joseph E. Johnston.

Hmm....reserved, enigmatic, daring audacious...it's all good Ciaran :D

[donquixote99]

Still, could be worse. We still don't have a Hitler...

No Hitler available in this quizie. I came up as T. Roosevelt.

[Finny]

Ugh... Teddy Roosevelt!

[bay]

Teddy roosevelt here too

[Viv]

So...as in the other quiz, all the US people are choosing the same leader...

So it is cultural?...