He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he’s a great military man.

This is a sharply ironic, backhanded compliment: the speaker lists the core competencies that define professional military excellence—strategy, operational art, tactics, and generalship—then undercuts the subject by implying he possesses none of them. The final clause (“Other than that…”) signals sarcasm, suggesting that any reputation as a “great military man” rests on image, politics, or rhetoric rather than demonstrated command skill. The line also reflects a professional soldier’s value system, where credibility is earned through mastery across levels of war, not through rank or public acclaim. As a quotation, it functions as a critique of inflated reputations and the gap between title and competence.