Wellingtons Wars Davies Huw J by Davies, Huw J. 9780300164176, 0300164173 instant download after payment.

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.