An illustrated account of the major colonial conflict of the 1920s in which the occupying Spanish and French faced an armed uprising from the Berber tribes of northern Morocco.In June 1921 Abd el Krim a Berber leader in the Rif highlands of Morocco marshalled a pantribal uprising that killed some 13000 Spanish troops forcing occupying Spain to withdraw from the countrys north coast and garnering worldwide attention through el Krims deft diplomacy. Despite this leadership of the Frenchheld central and southern regions remained aloof until the spring of 1925 when Rifian forces attacked key outposts and strategic cities instigating a series of clashes that culminated in May 1926 with a FrancoSpanish offensive and el Krims eventual surrender. Coauthored by two leading authorities on the forces involved this fascinating new study takes a close look at the most deadly colonial conflict of the interwar period.