“Consider some of these ‘mad’ commanders from the pages of military history.” GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON ONCE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS the best “ass-kicker in the United States Army.” It’s a claim that’s not without merit….

What do Frederick II of Prussia, the Frankish monarch Charles I, Emperor Constantine I of Rome, and Catherine II of Russia all have in common? Plenty, it turns out. All presided over huge triumphant armies….