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kidnapping women and children who struck his fancy, and friendly games of golf at his
Royal Golf Club with Ike Eisenhower and Winston Churchill. The pasha forbade talk of
independence under penalty of death, and conspired to exile Mohammed V from Morocco
in 1953 - but Pasha Glaoui would end his days powerless, wracked with illness and grov-
elling on his knees for King Mohammed V's forgiveness.
Although the French protectorate of Morocco was nominally an ally of Vichy France
and Germany in WWII, independent-minded Casablanca provided crucial ground support
for the Allied North African campaign . When Morocco's Istiqlal (Independence) party
demanded freedom from French rule in 1944, the US and Britain were finally inclined to
agree. Under increasing pressure from Moroccans and the Allies, France allowed Mo-
hammed V to return from exile in 1955. Morocco successfully negotiated its independen-
ce from France and Spain between 1956 and 1958.
The most comprehensive Berber history in English is The Berbers by Michael Brett and Eliza-
beth Fentress. The authors leave no stone carving unturned, providing archaeological eviden-
ce to back up their historical insights.
 
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