[Focault's Pendulum]

No real argument there though I might give some consideration to some Marine generals.

Agreed. Plus Patton.

[RJS1950]

Any general officers appointed to flag rank after the Korean War generally fall into the political brackets.

Patton, Hap Arnold, Vandegrift, Howlin Mad Smith, and many of their contemporaries were leaders in one form or another who rose to their ranks by being competent and ready in a time of need. Others like MacArthur, MacClellan, Pickett,Sickels, were political appointee/self-promoters of the same nature as most of today’s generals.