<p>The colonial war of Spain in Morocco produced a great number of novels and stories, mostly aimed to defend the political and economic interests of the dominant classes and to sustain the peninsular bourgeoisie nationalistic myths.</p><p>However, several works exposed a critical representation of this conflict.</p><p><strong><em>El Blocao</em></strong>, by Jos&eacute; D&iacute;az Fern&aacute;ndez, or <strong><em>Im&aacute;n</em></strong>, by Ram&oacute;n J. Sender, are examples of novels that marked a break with this narrative.</p><p>But <strong><em>La Barbarie Organizada</em></strong> went a step further: to the description of the human disaster of every war and its pacifist proclaim, Galan added a detailed description of the process of brutalization exerted on the soldiers until they become reduced into nothingness. A civilizing process that establishes barbaric acts as acceptable means.</p><p>With an objectivist technique and austere procedures, Gal&aacute;n establishes a deeply agonizing and yet radically critical account.</p><p>Ferm&iacute;n Gal&aacute;n (1899-1930) is one of the &laquo; new romanticism generation&raquo; intellectuals.</p><p>Military, distinguished for his service in Morocco, Gal&aacute;n wrote the novel <strong><em>La barbarie organizada</em></strong> in 1925 while recovering from his war wounds in the Carabanchel Hospital.</p><p>in 1926 Gal&aacute;n joined the armed insurrection against the dictator Primo de Rivera, as results of which he was sentenced to prison. While detained he wrote the rest of his work: the play <strong><em>Berta</em></strong> (published in 1932) and the essay <strong><em>New creation</em></strong> (1930). In December of 1930 he joined the revolt in Jaca in favor of the Republic. As the attempt to subvert the monarchical order failed, Gal&aacute;n was executed together with Captain Angel Garcia Hernandez.</p><p>Gal&aacute;n&#39;s works seek to integrate the philosophical tendencies (vitalism) and the aesthetic experiences of the early twentieth century with the political horizons of anarchism and socialism.</p><p>This edition, by prof. C&eacute;sar de Vicente Hernando, presents the novel in a perspective that includes the Riff War effects on the Spanish society while analyzing the aesthetics that characterize Gal&aacute;n as one of the &laquo;new romanticism generation&raquo; authors.</p>