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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Davies, Huw John (1981-....)
Titre(s) : Wellington's wars [Texte imprimé] : the making of a military genius / Huw J. Davies
Publication : New Haven (Masss.) : Yale University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xvi, 303 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
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
Sujet(s) : Wellington, Arthur Wellesley duc de (1769-1852) -- Leadership militaire
Histoire militaire -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1789-1820
Indice(s) Dewey :
355.020 92 (23e éd.) = Guerre et opérations militaires - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300164176 (rel.). - ISBN 0300164173. - ISBN 9780300208658. - ISBN 0300208650
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45710574h
Notice n° :
FRBNF45710574
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Table des matières : Preface : a military genius? ; An introduction to war and politics : Arthur Wellesley
in Europe and India, 1794-1799 ; Command apprenticeship : the campaign against Dhoondiah
Vagh, 1800 ; Learning the wrong lessons : war with the Marathas, 1801-1803 ; From
India to the Peninsula : 1804-1808 ; The search for a strategy : the defence of Portugal,
1809-1810 ; England's oldest ally : the liberation of Portugal, 1811 ; England's
essential ally : the invasion of Spain, 1812 ; 'I will beat them out, and with great
ease' : the liberation of Spain and the invasion of France, 1813-1814 ; Wellington's
Waterloo : the battle for the balance of power in Europe, 1814-1815 ; Conclusion
: from sepoy general to military statesman.
