Wellington as Military Commander (Penguin Classic Military History)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Michael Glover New from £3.50 Used from £1.50 Pages: 288 (Paperback) ISBN: 0141390514 Pub: Penguin Books Ltd Pub date: 2001-03-29 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 265277

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Let down by a lack of maps (4/5 people found this helpful)

The book is split into two sections, the first gives a brief history of Wellingtons military career and the second looks at his generalship in specific areas such as: artillery, offensive operations, defensive operations and cavalry. I thought that this produced an unhappy compromise. The history of his military career was too brief, and a lack of maps made an appreciation of his tactical and strategic decisions all but impossible. The later sections on particular aspects of his generalship were more satisfactory, but again a general lack of maps rendered much of the text meaningless. I would only recommend this book to someone with a good initial knowledge of Wellington's career and the history of the period.

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