Showdown in Western Sahara.
Cooper, Tom,1970-author.
Grandolini, Albert,author.
"The former colony of Spanish Sahara saw frequent outbursts of tribal and ethnic rebellion during the rule of colonial authorities in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Its vastness and distances de facto dicatated the response of air power. Despite attracting next to no attention from English-language media, large-scale operations by Spanish colonial authorities in the late 1950s became notable for the final combat deployment of the famous Messerschmitt Bf.109. The common history of the nearby former French colonies of Algeria and Morocco resulted in a short war between them, and prompted an arms race that lasted well into the 1980s. Following far more action than was ever reported in the media, and amid growing resistance from the native population and increasing international pressure, Spain withdrew from Spanish Sahara in 1975, indirectly opening a new chapter on this part of the world, which will be covered in Volume 2. Warfare in Western Sahara has in many ways become exemplary of modern-day counter-insurgency efforts in Africa and elsewhere; with the conflict being falsely identified as part of some larger, external conflict -- in this instance the Cold War -- and an insurgency applying motorized forces to deliver often spectacular 'hit-andrun' attacks; and in terms of a conventional military reacting with a combination of earth berms and air power." -- Back cover
Title from cover.
The word "dictated" is misspelled in the description on the back cover
"The former colony of Spanish Sahara saw frequent outbursts of tribal and ethnic rebellion during the rule of colonial authorities in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Its vastness and distances de facto dicatated the response of air power. Despite attracting next to no attention from English-language media, large-scale operations by Spanish colonial authorities in the late 1950s became notable for the final combat deployment of the famous Messerschmitt Bf.109. The common history of the nearby former French colonies of Algeria and Morocco resulted in a short war between them, and prompted an arms race that lasted well into the 1980s. Following far more action than was ever reported in the media, and amid growing resistance from the native population and increasing international pressure, Spain withdrew from Spanish Sahara in 1975, indirectly opening a new chapter on this part of the world, which will be covered in Volume 2. Warfare in Western Sahara has in many ways become exemplary of modern-day counter-insurgency efforts in Africa and elsewhere; with the conflict being falsely identified as part of some larger, external conflict -- in this instance the Cold War -- and an insurgency applying motorized forces to deliver often spectacular 'hit-andrun' attacks; and in terms of a conventional military reacting with a combination of earth berms and air power." -- Back cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61)
Air warfare
Air warfare.