Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote in part: > >Sixth, Jameson's was the drink-of-choice of Michael Collins, the "Big Man" >of the Irish Revolution and arguably the most brilliant guerilla leader of >the 20th century. > Marc, "arguably the most brilliant guerilla leader of the 20th century"?? Now that's funny, I don't think anyone who reads world history could argue that and keep a straight face! Mao Tse-Tung was unquestionably, by any measure, the most brilliant and successful guerilla leader of the last century. He defeated a US backed army of 4 million men and ruled a country of one billion people until his death. Which just happens to be the largest country by population and third largest country by size on the planet. Of course Nguyen Tat Thanh (aka Ho Chi Minh) was no slouch either, he defeats another US backed army (the French) in 1954, becomes President of North Vietnam and puts in motion in 1959 an ultimately successful second war against both (the US backed) South Vietnamese and large scale direct US involvement. Then there's Lenin, Tito, Castro, Guevara..... Regards, Greg > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html