![]() He then exploits the surviving documentation - from the Hasburgs, their allies, and their adversaries - on the formation of strategy in three crucial case studies: Philip's unsuccessful efforts to maintain his authority in the Netherlands his defective peacetime management of foreign relations with Scotland and England and his failed Armada campaign against England. ![]() Geoffrey Parker begins by examining the defining charactersitics of Spain's strategic culture: the king's disticntive system of government the information overload that threatened to engulf it and the various strategic priorities and assumptions used to overcome the disparity between aims and means. Item consists of a digitized copy of an audio recording of a Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture delivered at the Vancouver Institute by Geoffrey Parker on February 2. In 1987 he was diagnosed as having Multiple Sclerosis. Editorial Reviews 'Parker’s highly detailed but also immensely readable book has come far closer to that than any previous account of the most enigmatic of Spanish kings. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, and has four children. ![]() In 2006 he won an OSU Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award. This book investigates the strengths and weaknesses of Philip's strategic vision, the priorities that underlay his policies, the practices and prejudices that influneced his decision-making, and the external factors that affected the achievements of his goals. He has directed or co-directed over thirty Doctoral Dissertations to completion, as well as several undergraduate theses. From 1556 until his death in 1598, Philip II of Spain ruled the first global empire in history. ![]()
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