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'''Álvaro de Navia-Osorio y Vigil''', 3rd Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado and Viscount of Puerto, born in 1684 in Santa Maria de Vega in [[Asturia]], [[Spain]]; killed in action near [[Oran]] in [[North Africa]] in 1732, was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[diplomat]], [[general]], and [[author]]. At the time of his death in battle fighting off an attack by [[Ottoman army|Ottoman]] forces in 1732 he was governor of the Spanish possession of Oran in North Africa. |
'''Álvaro de Navia-Osorio y Vigil''', 3rd Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado and Viscount of Puerto, born in 1684 in Santa Maria de Vega in [[Asturia]], [[Spain]]; killed in action near [[Oran]] in [[North Africa]] in 1732, was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[diplomat]], [[general]], and [[author]]. At the time of his death in battle fighting off an attack by [[Ottoman army|Ottoman]] forces in 1732 he was governor of the Spanish possession of Oran in North Africa. |
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Between 1726 and 1730, Santa Cruz de Marcenado wrote seven volumes of ''Military Reflections'', published in [[Turin]] and [[Paris]]. One volume deals specifically with the prevention of [[insurgency|insurgencies]] and [[counter-insurgency]] campaigns. Santa Cruz was probably the earliest author who |
Between 1726 and 1730, Santa Cruz de Marcenado wrote seven volumes of ''Military Reflections'', published in [[Turin]] and [[Paris]]. One volume deals specifically with the prevention of [[insurgency|insurgencies]] and [[counter-insurgency]] campaigns. Santa Cruz was probably the earliest author who gave systematic attention to this subject, and there is a tragic irony in the fact that he was killed when trying to ward off a local insurgency in Spain's colonies in North Africa. |
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Álvaro de Navia-Osorio y Vigil, 3rd Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado and Viscount of Puerto, born in 1684 in Santa Maria de Vega in Asturia, Spain; killed in action near Oran in North Africa in 1732, was a Spanish diplomat, general, and author. At the time of his death in battle fighting off an attack by Ottoman forces in 1732 he was governor of the Spanish possession of Oran in North Africa.
Between 1726 and 1730, Santa Cruz de Marcenado wrote seven volumes of Military Reflections, published in Turin and Paris. One volume deals specifically with the prevention of insurgencies and counter-insurgency campaigns. Santa Cruz was probably the earliest author who gave systematic attention to this subject, and there is a tragic irony in the fact that he was killed when trying to ward off a local insurgency in Spain's colonies in North Africa.
Works
- For a translation of excerpts of his Reflexiones Militares (Turin: Juan Francisco Mairesse, 1724–1727 and Paris: Simon Langlois, 1730) into English, see Beatrice Heuser: The Strategy Makers: Thoughts on War and Society from Machiavelli to Clausewitz (Santa Monica, CA: Greenwood/Praeger, 2010), ISBN 978-0-275-99826-4, pp. 124–146
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