Wellington: A Military Life by Corrigan, Gordon

Wellington: A Military Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781852855154)

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Wellington: A Military Life by Corrigan, Gordon

Wellington: A Military Life

$150.00
Wellington: A Military Life by Corrigan, Gordon

Wellington: A Military Life

$150.00
Format: Paperback
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The Duke of Wellington, the most successful of British commanders, set a standard by which all subsequent British generals have been measured. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 crowned a reputation first won in India at Assaye and then confirmed during the Peninsular War, where he followed up his defence of Portugal by expelling the French from Spain. Gordon Corrigan, himself an ex-soldier, examines his claims to greatness. Wellington was in many ways the first modern general, combining a mastery of logistics with an ability to communicate and inspire. He had to contend not only with enemy armies but also with his political masters and an often sceptical public at home.

Author: Gordon Corrigan
ISBN-10: 1852855150
ISBN-13: 9781852855154
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2006
Pages: 396
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.20w x 1.22d
By Gordon Corrigan
By Gordon Corrigan
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Gordon Corrigan is the author of Sepoys in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front (1999), Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain in the First World War (Cassell, 2003), Loos - The Unwanted Battle (Spellmount, 2006) and Blood, Sweat and Arrogance: The Myths of Churchill's War (Weidenfeld &Nicholson, 2006).

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