González de León Fernando. The Road to Rocroi. Class, Culture and Command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659

Brill, 2009. — 425 p. — (History of Warfare 52).“A sorry and very lamentable thing:” the high command
of the Army of Flanders, from victory to defeat
The Eighty Years War, 1567–1659
Noble class and status in Early Modern Spain
The structure of the high command and the duties of its major tactical ranks
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
The garrisons: Governors and Castellans
Commanders-in-chief
Bureaucratic overseers
Ranks from other Spanish armiesThe School of Alba, 1567–1621Personnel Matters: Staffing the School of Alba
Training
Appointments
Two Internal Structure and Hierarchy in the Early Army of Flanders
Ranks and branches
Nations
Discipline and Justice in an Age of Mutinies
Modo Militar: Justice in the hands of the high command, 1567–1587
Letrado justice, 1587–1621
“Doctors of the Military Discipline:” Projects of Reform in the Spanish Officer Corps
“Falta de Cabezos:” The Military Reforms and Policies of the count-duke of Olivares, 1621–1643Olivares as Military Trainer
Projects of formal education
Training reforms: provisional commissions
The Evolution of the Count-Duke’s
Appointment Policies
Meritocratic reforms, 1621–1632
The search for luster, 1629–1643
Grandees on Campaign: The Impact of
Aristocratization
Olivares’ Structural Reforms in the High Command
Ranks: leadership by committee
Nations: the restoration of Spanish privilege
“Order and Obedience”: The Olivarean Reform of Military Justice
“An Almost Hopeless Condition”: The Legacy of Olivares in the Army of Flanders, 1643–1659
“Time to Act Like Who We Are:” The Battle of Rocroi
The Legacy of Olivares and the End of the War in Flanders, 1643–1659
Training
Appointments
Internal structure
Ranks, branches and auxiliary armies
Nations
Military justice