El vuelo de los buitres

This book tells a novel story of the battle of Annual, which in 1921 faced the Riffians led by Abd el-Krim and the Spanish Army in Morocco under the command of General Manuel Fernández Silvestre. A battle that raised an entire people in arms and opened the doors to the proclamation of the short-lived Republic of the Rif. The war in the Rif meant one of the biggest setbacks for the Spanish Army: some 12,000 men lost their lives in a few days, and the impact on public opinion, which demanded that responsibilities be purged, caused a serious political crisis that put the Government in check and to the monarchy itself. Using first-hand documentation, with unpublished testimonies of the time, The Flight of the Vultures is an exciting story that manages to catch the reader reconstructing the events that occurred during those days, both on the battlefield and in Melilla, in the customs Rifeños or Madrid. A rigorous investigation, carried out in a meticulous and exhaustive way, a unique essay that will change the Spanish and Riffian point of view on those events.