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A Test of Leadership: James Wolfe and the 1759 Quebec Expedition

by Gareth Williams

James Wolfe’s first independent command

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James Wolfe’s first independent command

Gareth Williams centers this account on James Wolfe’s leadership during the 1759 expedition to capture Quebec, then the capital of France’s colonial empire in the Americas. Appointed to his first outright command in December 1758, Wolfe faced a military task alongside a senior team he had not chosen, including older rivals with ambitions of their own. The book shifts attention from Wolfe’s reputation as a soldier to the question of how he handled command under those conditions, while also considering the challenge posed by his reported weak constitution. Its framing makes the expedition a study of leadership within a particular military and colonial campaign.

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  • Readers interested in James Wolfe and the 1759 Quebec expedition.
  • Readers seeking military history focused on leadership and command.
  • Readers interested in the colonial-era military history of Canada.

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Leadership and commandMilitary historyThe 1759 Quebec expeditionColonial history

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Book overview

In December 1758, a few days short of his 31st birthday, a sickly James Wolfe was given his first outright command. He was to lead an Army to capture Quebec, the capital of France's colonial empire in the Americas. A career soldier, undeniably brave and determined, he had to that time passed all the tests for advancement but could he succeed as a leader in circumstances where his senior team were not of his choosing and included ambitious older rivals with their own agendas. Wolfe the soldier has had some attention over the centuries since his death. Here however the focus is on Wolfe the Leader and considers how well this young man with a "weak constitution" responded to the new challenge of leadership.

 

 

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