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- Title
España en América: las tropas peninsulares en el sistema defensivo indiano durante el siglo XVIII.
- Authors
Serrano Álvarez, José Manuel
- Abstract
This article is a research of contribution of Spanish peninsular troops to the defense o f Indias in eighteen century. The Spanish defensive system had deep military reforms that affected the role of American trcops and forced the authorities in Madrid to move an increasing number of units of the peninsula to reinforce the defenses. It is argued that these units were essential to the success of the Spanish military presence at the end of the century.
- Subjects
SPAIN; AMERICA; SPANISH colonies; SPANISH colonial military history; MILITARY readiness; MILITARY reform; HISTORY of military personnel; 18TH century Spanish history; HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH century; HISTORY of the Americas; ARMED Forces
- Publication
Cuadernos de Historia Moderna, 2016, Vol 41, Issue 2, p539
- ISSN
0214-4018
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/CHMO.53820