| Publication |
2008.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The British historian and maritime strategist, Julian Stafford Corbett,
published
The Campaign of Trafalgar
in 1910. The book presents a complex
account of the political, diplomatic and military campaign that resulted in
defeat for the combined French-Spanish fleet and the death of Nelson.
Corbett made a compelling, and at the time quite controversial, argument
that Nelson's real genius was not the tactical mastery that was displayed on
21 October 1805 but his understanding of the strategic context of his
command and why this was the key lesson for his contemporary professional
audience.
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