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Re: [DL] Greatest Light Cavalry General of All Time

At 01:36 PM 7/26/2003 -0700, you wrote: 
The question is, who should this be? It should not be
a stand-up battles guy like Napoleon, or even a
cavalry general like Murat or Cromwell who won mostly
by bravely smashing into the enemy with heavy cavalry,
but rather somebody who was skilled in misdirection
and lightning strikes.

Any thoughts for other potential candidates?

In general, you are looking for nomadic warriors. The two that leap to mind are:

Crazy Horse (Dakota War Chief)
Any of the steppe nomad generals (Attila the Hun, Ghengis Khan)

Something you might want to think about is looking through the WWII tank commanders -- especially on the Eastern Front -- to see if there was anyone who managed to employ light tanks on the flanks.

I hope this helps.

Matt