Connection may include the recent strategies pursued in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and the Balkans, and during the Cold War. The strategies may include those of leaders such as the following:
- Alexander the Great
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Hannibal
- Qin Shi Huang
- Julius Cæsar
- Zhuge Liang
- Khalid ibn al-Walid
- Cyrus II
- Napoleon
- Genghis Khan
- Archibald Henderson
- Ulysses S. Grant, Robert Gould Shaw, William Harvey Carney
- Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman
Process/Skill Questions:
- How does history apply to the present day?
- How can the strategy of a Civil War general be related to current or recent operations in Iraq?
- Choose a current military leader and compare that leader to a military leader from history. What parallels and major differences do you notice?