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Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621 - The Failure of Grand Strategy (Hardcover)
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Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621 - The Failure of Grand Strategy (Hardcover)
Series: Yale Historical Publications Series
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Impoverished and exhausted after fifty years of incessant warfare,
the great Spanish Empire at the turn of the sixteenth century
negotiated treaties with its three most powerful enemies: England,
France, and the Netherlands. This intriguing book examines the
strategies that led King Philip III to extend the laurel branch to
his foes. Paul Allen argues that, contrary to widespread belief,
the king's gestures of peace were in fact part of a grand strategy
to enable Spain to regain military and economic strength while its
opponents were falsely lulled away from their military pursuits.
From the outset, Allen contends, Philip and his advisers intended
the Pax Hispanica to continue only until Spain was able to resume
its battles-and defeat its enemies. Drawing on primary sources from
the four countries involved, the book begins with a discussion of
how Spanish foreign policy was formulated and implemented to
achieve political and religious aims. The author investigates the
development of Philip's "peace" strategy, the Twelve Years' Truce,
and the decision to end the truce and engage in war with the Dutch,
and then with the English and French. Renewed warfare was no
failure of peace policy, Allen shows, but a conscious decision to
pursue a consistent strategy. Nevertheless the negotiation for
peace did represent a new diplomatic method with significant
implications for both the future of the Spanish Empire and the
practices of European diplomacy.
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