Connection might include strategies pursued during the Cold War as well as engagements in the Balkans, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
The strategies might include those of the following leaders:
- Alexander the Great
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Hannibal
- Qin Shi Huang
- Julius Cæsar
- Zhuge Liang
- Khalid ibn al-Walid
- Cyrus II
- Napoleon
- Genghis Khan
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Robert E. Lee
- Stonewall Jackson
- William Tecumseh Sherman
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is the importance of researching and evaluating past military leader’s strategies?