Deadly Embrace - Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War (Hardcover)

Combining military, political, cultural, social, and oral history, Sebastian Balfour narrates for the first time the development of a brutalised, interventionist army that played a crucial role in the victory of the Francoists in the Spanish Civil War. Spain's new colonial venture in Morocco in the early twentieth-century turned into a bloody war against the tribes resisting the Spanish invasion of their lands. After suffering a succession of heavy military disasters against some of the most accomplished guerrillas in the world, the Spanish army turned to chemical warfare and dropped massive quantities of mustard gas on civilians. Dr Balfour exposes this previously closely guarded secret using evidence from Spanish military archives and from survivors in Morocco. He also narrates the daily life of soldiers in the war as well as the self-images and tensions among the colonial officers. After looking at the motives that drove Moroccans to resist or cooperate with Spain, the author describes the contradictory pictures among Spaniards of Moroccan collaborators and foes. Finally, he examines the Spanish colonial army's response to the Second Republic of 1931-1936 and its brutal march through Spain in the Civil War.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2002
First published:	June 2002
Authors:	Sebastian Balfour
Dimensions:	242 x 163 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	380
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-925296-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-925296-3
Barcode:	9780199252961

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