The Unseen Battle for Spain's Soul Gerardo Herrero's "Carte Blanche" is a gripping thriller that delves into the forgotten Rif War in Morocco, a conflict that had devastating consequences for modern Spanish history.
By shedding light on this largely untold chapter, Herrero forces us to confront the uncomfortable truth: that the seeds of Franco's dictatorship were sown in the blood soaked battlefields of North Africa.
The Rif War was a catastrophic defeat for Spain, but one that paradoxically empowered the very individuals who would go on to unleash even greater destruction upon their own people.