Machine generated contents note: part 1. The Colonial Embrace -- The invasion of Morocco -- Calm sea and furious wind -- A disaster foretold? : the Spanish defeat at Anual -- The forging of a colonial army, 1921-1930 -- part 2. The Brutalization of Colonial War -- The secret history of chemical warfare against Moroccans -- A divided army : military castes and factions -- The Moorish other -- Cultures, conditions, and corruption -- part 3. The Colonial Army from republic to civil war, I931-I939 -- Repression and conspiracy -- The reconquest of Spain -- Appendix -- Sources -- Index.