damYankee
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2011
There is always something unsettling about a leader who never takes responsibility for his failures, and make no mistake
every military leader will experience failure.
The great ones accept the responsibility, learn from the experience, makes the required changes and moves forward.
That was the difference, McClellan blamed others.
He blamed men above him, he blamed those below him.
The parallel between Grant and McClellan is compelling, one started the war at the top, the other at the bottom.
McClellen's star rose fast and settled just as fast. For Grant when the war began he was as low as a man could get, struggling to survive, selling firewood, borrowing money from former army friends to make ends meet, we now how the story ends,.
I think this would make a marvelous book!
every military leader will experience failure.
The great ones accept the responsibility, learn from the experience, makes the required changes and moves forward.
That was the difference, McClellan blamed others.
He blamed men above him, he blamed those below him.
The parallel between Grant and McClellan is compelling, one started the war at the top, the other at the bottom.
McClellen's star rose fast and settled just as fast. For Grant when the war began he was as low as a man could get, struggling to survive, selling firewood, borrowing money from former army friends to make ends meet, we now how the story ends,.
I think this would make a marvelous book!