100502770104 David Cloud and Greg Jaffe http://a4.ak.lscdn.net/system/uploads/1906e974-4821-2950-a5dd-d25069994478/autoscale-80.png 8.10525 Gen. John Abizaid, Gen George Casey Jr., Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Gen. David Petraeus. They were four exceptional soldiers, a new generation asked to save an army that had been hollowed out after Vietnam. They survived the military's brutal winnowing to reach its top echelon. They becamethe Army's most influential generals in the crucible of Iraq. 6