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03466aam a2200409 a 4500 001 6662EC5820F111E3B8599087DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130919010104 008 040910s2005 ctu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2004021246 020 $a 9780300106985 (cl : alk. paper) 020 $a 030010698X (cl : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)56517828 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d BAKER $d NLGGC $d UKM $d UWC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d LVB $d OCLCG $d OKU $d GEBAY $d OCLCQ $d A7U $d TTU $d TUU $d BDX $d SILO 043 $a e-sp--- $a e-sp--- 050 00 $a DA360 $b .M225 2005 082 00 $a 942.05/5 $2 22 100 1 $a McDermott, James, $d 1956- 245 10 $a England and the Spanish Armada : $b the necessary quarrel / $c James McDermott. 260 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c c2005. 300 $a xvi, 411 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 25 cm. 505 00 $g A $t England's garland. $g The $t rise of the privateer -- $t Mid-Tudor malaise -- $t Gloriana -- $g The $t first Cold War -- $t God's Englishmen -- $t Non sufficit orbis, 1574-1584 -- $t Failing brinkmanship -- $t Military preparations, 1587-1588 -- $t Awaiting an enemy -- $t In defence of ourselves -- $t In happy hour -- $t Portland and Wight -- $t Gravelines and the North Sea -- $g A $t contrary success -- $t England's garland. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-396) and index. 520 1 $a "The Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1603 was, to most contemporary Englishmen, a conflict for the soul of the nation. To their descendants, the Armada campaign of 1588 - the most dramatic phase of the struggle - represented a watershed in European history comparable to Waterloo, the Marne or Dunkirk. Like those battles, its outcome both preserved English freedoms and halted the momentum of an ambitious and alien empire." "Yet the victorious nation had contributed much to the conflict. This book examines the process by which the Spaniard, a long-term ally and friend, became in English eyes the epitome of human depravity, and how resistance to his imagined goals helped shape an emerging sense of nationhood." "The Armada campaign pitted Europe's mightiest military power against Christendom's most powerful navy in a battle for different ideals of civilisation. Both protagonists expected the clash to be decisive; neither, as it soon became apparent, knew how to fight a battle whose scale and character were beyond the experience of anyone in the two fleets. What ensued was not the heroic encounter of legend, but an inconclusive affair, redeemed - for England - by atrocious weather and poor Spanish understanding of the coastlines of western Scotland and Ireland."--BOOK JACKET. 650 0 $a Armada, 1588. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History, Naval $y Tudors, 1485-1603. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $z Spain. 651 0 $a Spain $x Foreign relations $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Spain $x History, Naval $y 16th century. 856 41 $z Connect to Table of contents only $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004021246.html 856 42 $z Connect to Contributor biographical information $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004021246-b.html 856 42 $z Connect to Publisher description $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004021246-d.html 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220602020247.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180119053855.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20130919022655.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6662EC5820F111E3B8599087DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search