This book investigates the importance of waging jihad for legitimacy in pre-colonial Morocco. It counters colonial interpretations of the pre-colonial Moroccan sultanate as hopelessly divided into territories of 'obedience' and 'dissidence' by suggesting that state-society warfare was one aspect of a constant process of political negotiation. Detailed analysis of state and society interpretations of jihad during the critical period of the French conquest of Algeria clearly shows this process at play and its steady evolution in the context of increasing European pressure; which culminated in the imposition of the French protectorate in 1912.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The application of air power in theory and practiceBy PMThis is an excellent presentation of high level decision making and actions related to the bombing campaigns against Germany; Italy and Japan but it is not limited to WW2. The author includes a chapter on the use of air power in Korea; Vietnam; the Balkans; Iraq 1 and Iraq 2.The discussion goes to great lengths I think successfully to portray the US daylight bombing as a qualitatively different and sincere endeavor to limit civilian casualties as compared to the area bombing methods of the British. However no punches are pulled regarding the tragic consequences of the technical limitations of the weaponry available in the weather conditions experienced when trying to mitigate civilian casualties as well as the erosion of concern for collateral damage as the war approached the end game. Racial considerations in the Pacific war are also given due consideration in what was an entirely different application of air power in that theater.The author gives detailed discussions of the air power theorists and the ideology of the ultimate war winning weapon vs. the limited and debatable results of the use of air power and the shortcomings of theory in the face of an enemy who was unbeaten and after all was defeated only through attrition. The debate is fueled by the results experienced after the world war in conditions of absolute air superiority.This is not the book for a recounting of personal experiences of warfare at the tactical level. But for strategic and operational considerations this book will be hard to beat.
