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Wellington's Wars - The Making of a Military Genius (Hardcover)
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Wellington's Wars - The Making of a Military Genius (Hardcover)
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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
Wellington's remarkable military career. Unlike his nemesis
Napoleon, Wellington was by no means a man of innate military
talent, Huw J. Davies argues. Instead, the key to Wellington's
military success was an exceptionally keen understanding of the
relationship between politics and war. Drawing on extensive primary
research, Davies discusses Wellington's military apprenticeship in
India, where he learned through mistakes as well as successes how
to plan campaigns, organize and use intelligence, and negotiate
with allies. In India Wellington encountered the constant political
machinations of indigenous powers, and it was there that he
apprenticed in the crucial skill of balancing conflicting political
priorities. In later campaigns and battles, including the
Peninsular War and Waterloo, Wellington's genius for strategy,
operations, and tactics emerged. 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.
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