Known to his contemporaries as “El Gran Capitán“, or “the Great Captain,” Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba was a Spanish general who made Spain the world’s preeminent military power. Born in 1453, de Córdoba was one of the founders of modern warfare. He formed the first modern standing army and was the first European general to organize the pursuit of defeated armies after a victory in order to destroy the retreating enemy. Historians refer to him as the father of what kind of warfare?
Source: The Free Dictionary