Wellington's Army in the Peninsula, 1808-14 - Hardcover
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- VerlagDavid & Charles
- Erscheinungsdatum1977
- ISBN 10 0715373692
- ISBN 13 9780715373699
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- Anzahl der Seiten232
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WELLINGTON'S ARMY IN THE PENINSUL, 1808-1814
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David & Charles, Newton Abbot
(1977)
ISBN 10: 0715373692
ISBN 13: 9780715373699
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. tHERE IS A HANDSOME BOOK PLATE TO THE FRONT PASTE DOWN. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. During the eighteenth century there was no love lost between Britain and her army. Edmund Burke had laid down that 'an armed and disciplined body is, in its essence, dangerous to liberty.' Admitting, without enthusiasm, that they had to have some kind of army, it was provided with a system of control ostensibly designed to ensure that it could not menace civil liberty -- a complex system which led to Wellington's victory over the French because he was able to manage the administrative hydra in England. His self-set task was 'to do the best I can with the instruments that have been sent to assist me.' Michael Glover unravels the web of complexity over which the commander and his forces won a notable victory -- as well as the French. He describes the recruiting of officers and other ranks, the achievement of advance by purchase, all the services, and how these component parts worked in together. He demonstrates how this machine operated in action and rounds off his account with a portrait of Wellington himself. Ref YY 6. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 029142
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