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The Greatest Space Strategists In Military History

Everybody always gives props to space captains: they're the ones sitting in the chair and commanding a spaceship going head-to-head with their bumpy-headed counterpart on the enemy ship. But one starship doesn't always win a space battle. Sometimes it's the general (or the admiral) sitting in an even bigger chair, who figures out where to send all the dozens, or thousands, of starships into battle like chess pieces. They're the tacticians and the master strategists, and we celebrate them below. More »

4:54 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
11,558 views, 102 comments

Latest by n/a: @bassiiabc: From my readings (through "At All Costs" in case there's another one out) Harringtong has always been a great fleet tactician, but there's been no evidence of her strategic ability. She has done brilliant things with the forces she's commanded, more »