Sáhara español (1958-1976) : Historia militar de la última provincia en África

The history of what was the 53rd province of Spain seems to have been wrapped, necessarily, in a dense fog of geopolitical tension and hostility. Did you know that the state budget allocated to it was close to nine hundred million pesetas in 1968? Hospitals, ports, airfields, roads, schools, radio stations or mining operations today lie in the garbage dump of collective memory, buried by the image of infinite Moroccan flags invading the region; What turned the apparent prosperity into anti-colonial rhetoric and terrorism? This work undertakes a thorough analysis of a transcendental page in the Spanish historical journey, whose consequences extend unappealable until today. The Legion captured an entire company of the Alawite kingdom's army without firing a single shot, but a resounding military success did not prevent a great political disaster and a deep wound: Dr. Martín Palma addresses it in an illustrative way and without shying away from criticism. Who betrayed the displaced soldiers? What was the mistake of the Polisario Front? With what tactics did Hassan II make his enemy abandon his land and his people?