Article: England and the Spanish Armada: The Necessary Quarrel.(Book review)

England and the Spanish Armada: The Necessary Quarrel. By James McDermott. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2005. Pp. xvi, 411. $40.00.)

In 1988 there appeared a host of books on the defeat of the Spanish Armada of 1588, which generated further studies taking advantage of critical responses and continuing research. James McDermott weighs in with a worthy book carrying fresh material on English piracy and the Royal Navy. Admittedly from an English perspective, it is of limited use for the broader relations of England and Spain during the 1585-1604 war and the 1588 campaign. For the Spanish side, to which Spanish scholars have lately contributed much, ...

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