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On Wellington : the Duke and his art of war
- Title
- On Wellington : the Duke and his art of war / by Jac Weller ; edited by Andrew Uffindell ; preface by His Grace the Duke of Wellington.
- Author
- Weller, Jac.
- Publication
- London : Greenhill Books ; Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Uffindell, Andrew.
- Description
- 191 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Jac Weller's famous trilogy Wellington in India, Wellington in the Peninsula and Wellington at Waterloo is internationally renowned. Now this new book presents a collection of erudite and entertaining essays on Wellington's generalship and military genius, and provides an excellent survey of the Duke's art of war and the secrets of his success.
- Subject
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Military leadership
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, (1769-1852; duc de) > Et la science militaire
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley of
- 1800-1899
- Military art and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Campaigns
- Generals > Great Britain > Biography
- Generals
- Military art and science
- Military campaigns
- Command of troops
- Kriegführung
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Art et science militaires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Guerres napoléoniennes (1800-1815) > Opérations militaires
- Great Britain > History, Military > 19th century
- Great Britain
- Grande-Bretagne > Histoire militaire > 19e siècle
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191).
- Contents
- Preface / His Grace the Duke of Wellington -- Foreword / John Powell -- pt. 1. India. 1. Wellington in India compared with the American Commanders in Vietnam -- pt. 2. The Peninsula. 2. The Battle of Busaco, 1810. 3. Wellington's Logistics. 4. Wellington's Engineers. 5. Wellington's Intelligence System. 6. Wellington's Use of Guerrillas. 7. Hill's Raid on Almaraz and Mirabete, 1812 -- pt. 3. Waterloo. 8. Wellington's Waterloo Tactics -- pt. 4. The American Civil War. 9. The Legacy of Napoleon and Wellington in the Civil War. 10. What if?: Wellington in Confederate Grey at Gettysburg -- pt. 5. Brown Bess. 11. The Brown Bess Musket.
- ISBN
- 185367334X
- 9781853673344
- LCCN
- 98017737
- OCLC
- ocm38916613
- 38916613
- SCSB-14010255
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library