Doctrine in the Spanish Navy.

Abstract

History of doctrine in the Spanish Navy 1270-1994. Early doctrine was oriented towards the close aboard battle. Under French (Bourbon) rule, new national navy organized and greatly influenced by French Navy doctrine. Some of the most sophisticated navy doctrine during the age of sail was written in Spain. The lack of continued combat had a negative influence on doctrinal development. Doctrine came easy to the Spanish Navy-probably due to cultural conditioning, lessons learned include: (1) the long time necessary to change doctrine in the Spanish Navy, (2) the very twisted path that doctrine took in Spain, (3) the close cooperation with France did not serve Span well, (4) successful innovation was not possible without a friend in court, (5) doctrinal innovation suffers without frequent combat, and (6) the Spanish Navy takes it for granted that there will always be doctrine in their navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 14, 1994
Accession Number
ADA288844

Entities

People

  • James J. Tritten

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Doctrine
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Naval Doctrine
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Second World War
  • Ships
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.