A Good General?

[CheezeFlixz]

Truthfully, Julius Caesar was a remarkably enlightened person for his time - in fact, his clemency to his enemies is what led to his death.  I don't know that he deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence with Hitler.

Proof of why I normally don't list him, he creates to much controversy.
I didn't said JGC and AH were the same, I just said some leaders. Good or evil go without saying. 

[BoyScoutKevin]

George Washington is Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon is George Washington. If anybody has any interest in the man called "The Father of His Country," then Mount Vernon is a must place to see. And be sure to say hello to Martha Washington. She looks mighty good for a woman who has been dead for over two hundred years.

[trekgeezer]

The greatest thing about Washington was the fact that they wanted to make him a king and he turned it down. He opted to be elected the first President.

[Scott]

George Washington is Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon is George Washington. If anybody has any interest in the man called "The Father of His Country," then Mount Vernon is a must place to see. And be sure to say hello to Martha Washington. She looks mighty good for a woman who has been dead for over two hundred years.

Mt. Vernon is a pretty neat place along the Potomac River. They have both his old tomb and his newer one. The George Washington Memorial Parkway is also a nice drive along the Potomac.

[Mofo Rising]

Willard Sterne Randall's WASHINGTON: A LIFE is also a fine biography.  As far as an overall history of the Revolution, the best I have ever read is called GEORGE WASHINGTON'S WAR, by Robert Leckie.  Another revolutionary figure whom I have come to admire in recent years is Alexander Hamilton.  I read a short biography of him (it may also have been by Randall, it's on my shelf at school) last summer that really impressed me with his sheer ability.

I started Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton, but it's slower reading than the Washington book.

Just finished watching The Crossing, which was pretty well done for its budget.  I, for one, never knew the Hessians wore those silly hats.