The Betrothed of Death: The Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927

by José E. Alvarez

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Following her defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain shifted her colonial focus to her Protectorate in northern Morocco. When Spanish conscripts began to fight and to die by the thousands, political fallout forced the government to create a new unit of professional soldiers. This unit would serve the dual function of providing fighting men for Moroccan service, while sparing the lives of conscripted men. Under its founder, Jos Mill...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0313306974

ISBN13:9780313306976

Release Date:January 2001

Publisher:Praeger

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Africa Europe History Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Morocco Portugal Regiments Spain Strategy

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