The Operators
This man wrote a magazine article that changed lives.
Who is Michael Hastings?
This officer located and held the "high ground" at Gettysburg.
Who was Major General John Buford?
Patton was born in this state.
What is California
According to Cohen this person wrote concise and subtle letters.
Who is Lincoln
This end mark is used to show strong feeling.
What is an exclamation point? (!)
Successor to General Stanley McChrystal.
Who is Gen. David Petraeus?
Repeatedly encouraged Lee to maneuver to "better ground?"
Who was General James Longstreet?
Patton participated in this Olympic sport.
What is the Pentathlon?
Cohen tells us this person was prone to probing his Generals to get answers.
Who is Churchill?
This type of verb is not conjugated and must be paired with a base verb to communicate suggestions, advice or commands.
What is a modal verb.
A Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist and Pashtun nationalist militant political movement in Afghanistan.
What is the Taliban?
Followed short-sighted orders from his chain of command but his fateful charge now bears his name.
Who was Major General George Pickett?
Patton wrote an article predicting this attack.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Called The Tiger by his countrymen this man helped lead his country to victory.
Who is Clemenceau?
This ending can make a present participle or a gerund.
What is -ing?
The US ambassador to Afghanistan in 2010.
Who was Karl Eikenberry?
Led his infantry division to Gettsyburg in time to secure the high ground.
Who was General John Reynolds?
Patton is buried here.
Where is Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg?
Rather than showing a healthy civil-military relationship the US War in Vietnam is characterized by this.
What is leadership without genius?
(Or any statement that shows the breakdown between civil authority and military leaders can be accepted at the discretion of the instructors)
This punctuation mark is commonly followed by a list of things.
What is a colon (:)
US senator who fiercely challenged President Obama’s plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2010/11.
Who was John McCain?
Famous for leading a bayonet charge when his regiment was out of ammunition.
Who was Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?
Patton was born on this special day.
What is Armistice Day,(Now called Veteran's Day in America) November 11
This is what Cohen believes occurred between genius civil leaders and their generals.
What is an unequal dialogue
This is the only type of punctuation that may be used to join two independent clauses.
semi-colon (;)