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Jun 1, 2012 · For his success in the art of war, he came to rely on his art as a politician and tactician. This strikingly original book shows how Wellington made even unlikely victories possible—with a well-honed political brilliance that underpinned all of his military achievements. Show more. Genres History BiographyMilitary HistoryWar. 336 pages ...
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Jan 1, 2010 · Subsequently, I explored many YouTube videos about the battles, the cities where battles occurred, the personalities -- something about the hardships and strategies absorbed me. And led me to this excellent book by Peter Snow that draws extensively on first person accounts from soldiers and officers in Wellington's army in those years.
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Jun 26, 2012 · A provocative reappraisal of Wellington's military career, his victory at Waterloo, and the source of his genius as a general Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This incisive book revises such a portrait, offering an accurate—and controversial—new analysis of ...
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Jun 1, 1998 · Paul Lewis Isemonger. The Napoleonic Wars--both naval and ground--are brought vividly to life through these specially commissioned action photographs of re-enactment groups depicting Wellington's Army and Nelson's Royal Navy in battle. Concentrating largely on the highly regarded Napoleonic Association for accurate recreations of the period ...
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Wellington's Wars: The Making of a Military Genius: Davies, Huw J.: 9780300208658: Books - Amazon.ca
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The book under review, however, is very different to the thesis as it is far more wide-ranging. In addition, there is an impressive attempt to provide an account that moves Wellington from the tactical position where he usually stands to a more complex stance, one that is psychologically acute yet also offering an insight that works at a number of levels.
Jun 26, 2012 · Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This incisive book revises such a portrait, offering an accurate—and controversial—new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career. Unlike his nemesis Napoleon, Wellington was by no means a man of innate military talent ...
