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

Why did Juan Carlos de Borbón pass a law, the day before Franco's death, denying that the Spanish Sahara had been part of the national territory? Was it possible to decolonize an area that was considered a province? How did Morocco welcome the government's recognition in 1956? What was life like in El Aaiún? Was the Fos Bucraa mine, owned by the INI, on its way to making the Sahrawi people "the richest in Africa"? Did the United States contribute to the Green March? The history of what was once Spain's 53rd province seems to have been inevitably shrouded in a thick 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, and mining operations now lie in the dustbin of collective memory, buried by the image of endless Moroccan flags invading the region. What turned apparent prosperity into anti-colonialist rhetoric and terrorism? This work undertakes a meticulous analysis of a momentous page in Spanish history, the consequences of which extend irrevocably to the present day. The Legion captured an entire company of the Alawite army without firing a single shot, but a resounding military success did not prevent a major political disaster and a deep wound: Dr. Martín Palma addresses this in an illustrative manner without shying away from criticism. Who betrayed the displaced soldiers? What was the Polisario Front's mistake? What tactic did Hassan II use to get his enemy to abandon his land and his people?