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This paper examines the military career of General Ulysses S Grant comparing him to another US general and president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. It argues that Grant changed the way we look at war - he rejected the idea that war was a rational exercise in maneuver and concentrated on destroying the enemy army. He ignored cities, rail junctions, and supply points, and cared little about occupying enemy territory. But he was relentless in his pursuit of the enemy army. He, like Eisenhower, also recognized that war was a terrible thing and after victory was determined to prevent it from happening again.