by Geoffrey Parker · Alianza Editorial · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420629025
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This book by Geoffrey Parker analyzes the personality and decisions of Philip II, the most powerful monarch of his time, relating them to modern theories of military strategy and business management. It examines the challenges faced by the king, especially his project to invade England in 1588, and how strategic errors and English naval superiority led to failure and the beginning of Spanish decline. Published by Alianza Editorial, this essay is part of the 'El Libro Universitario' collection.
Noel Geoffrey Parker is an English historian specialising in the history of Western Europe, Spain, and warfare during the early modern era. His best-known book is The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1988.
