In my opinion, the greatest military commanders are those who have talents, insight and skills in the tactical, operational and political-strategic levels of contemporary warfare. Furthermore, they creatively utilise those skills to overcome an enemy with an overwhelmingly superior force over and over in all three segments.
I to my knowledge, only 4 military leaders from this period can be described as having achieved that feat:
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Vo Nguyen Giap
Fidel Castro
Moshe Dayan
Do you disagree with these choices or conditions? Do you have a different way of determining great military commanders? Do you think someone else from this period should be added to my list?