R. A. Stradling, Stradling R. a.

The Armada of Flanders

Spanish Maritime Policy and European War, 1568 1668

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, a narrative of the armada's fighting record over the century of its meaningful existence is presented with constant reference to the strategic--logistical context analysis of policymaking in Madrid. Attention is paid to the political significance of maritime policy, and particularly the relationship between Madrid and its subordinated headquarters in Brussels.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9780521405348
• ISBN-10: 0521405343
• Artikelnr.: 21615956

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Prologue - Failure and Retrenchment, 1568-1621: 1. The search for a naval policy
2. Dunkirk rediscovered
Part II. The Great Offensive, 1621-1640: 3. The first quinquennium
4. The first crisis
5. Dunkirk's golden decade
Part III. Dunkirk and the Defence of Empire, 1640-1658: 6. The Flanders fleet in the South
7. The prize of Dunkirk
Part IV. Quills, Keels and Cutlasses: 8. Men and ships - the cutting edge
9. Administration - structures, personnel, finance
10. Prizetaking - plunder of a century
Epilogue - decay and transition, 1658-1668
Appendices.