Rafael Torres Sánchez mainly studies eighteenth-century Spanish warfare and its interconnection with the development of the state and its economy. He is the author of Constructing a Fiscal-Military State in Eighteenth-Century Spain (2015), El precio de la guerra: El estado fiscal-militar de Carlos III, 1779-1783 (2013), La llave de todos los tesoros: La Tesorería General de Carlos III (2012), and also collaborated with Stephen Conway on an edition of The Spending of the States: Military Expenditure during the Long Eighteenth Century: Patterns, Organisation and Consequences, 1650-1815 (2011). His work also includes War, State and Development: Fiscal-Military States in the Eighteenth Century (2007). His website can be found at http://www.unav.edu/centro/contractorstate/

[A] masterful analysis of the relationship between the Spanish state and the acquisition systems that provided Spain with the means for war in the eighteenth century....The humble title of the book belies a tour de force of historiography, analysis, and argument. The relationships between states, business, and war and Sánchez's conclusion apply as much in the present day as they did for Spain in the eighteenth century. For any student of relationships between the state, politics, and economy in war, this book is a must read.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: VICTUALLING THE SPANISH ARMED FORCES; PART III: BUILDING THE KING'S SHIPS; PART IV: THE CONTRACTOR STATE IN ACTION

Rafael Torres Sánchez mainly studies eighteenth-century Spanish warfare and its interconnection with the development of the state and its economy. He is the author of Constructing a Fiscal-Military State in Eighteenth-Century Spain (2015), El precio de la guerra: El estado fiscal-militar de Carlos III, 1779-1783 (2013), La llave de todos los tesoros: La Tesorería General de Carlos III (2012), and also collaborated with Stephen Conway on an edition of The Spending of the States: Military Expenditure during the Long Eighteenth Century: Patterns, Organisation and Consequences, 1650-1815 (2011). His work also includes War, State and Development: Fiscal-Military States in the Eighteenth Century (2007). His website can be found at http://www.unav.edu/centro/contractorstate/

[A] masterful analysis of the relationship between the Spanish state and the acquisition systems that provided Spain with the means for war in the eighteenth century....The humble title of the book belies a tour de force of historiography, analysis, and argument. The relationships between states, business, and war and Sánchez's conclusion apply as much in the present day as they did for Spain in the eighteenth century. For any student of relationships between the state, politics, and economy in war, this book is a must read.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: VICTUALLING THE SPANISH ARMED FORCES; PART III: BUILDING THE KING'S SHIPS; PART IV: THE CONTRACTOR STATE IN ACTION

Rafael Torres Sánchez mainly studies eighteenth-century Spanish warfare and its interconnection with the development of the state and its economy. He is the author of Constructing a Fiscal-Military State in Eighteenth-Century Spain (2015), El precio de la guerra: El estado fiscal-militar de Carlos III, 1779-1783 (2013), La llave de todos los tesoros: La Tesorería General de Carlos III (2012), and also collaborated with Stephen Conway on an edition of The Spending of the States: Military Expenditure during the Long Eighteenth Century: Patterns, Organisation and Consequences, 1650-1815 (2011). His work also includes War, State and Development: Fiscal-Military States in the Eighteenth Century (2007). His website can be found at http://www.unav.edu/centro/contractorstate/

[A] masterful analysis of the relationship between the Spanish state and the acquisition systems that provided Spain with the means for war in the eighteenth century....The humble title of the book belies a tour de force of historiography, analysis, and argument. The relationships between states, business, and war and Sánchez's conclusion apply as much in the present day as they did for Spain in the eighteenth century. For any student of relationships between the state, politics, and economy in war, this book is a must read.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: VICTUALLING THE SPANISH ARMED FORCES; PART III: BUILDING THE KING'S SHIPS; PART IV: THE CONTRACTOR STATE IN ACTION