Author : Sebastiaan Faber
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ISBN 13 : 9780826501738
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis Exhuming Franco by : Sebastiaan Faber
Download or read book Exhuming Franco written by Sebastiaan Faber and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is left of Francisco Franco's legacy in Spain today? Franco ruled Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975. In October 2019, his remains were removed from the massive national monument in which they had been buried for forty-four years. For some, the exhumation confirmed that Spain has long been a modern, consolidated democracy. The reality is more complicated. In fact, the country is still deeply affected by the dictatorial legacies of Francoism. In one short volume, Exhuming Franco covers all major facets of the Francoist legacy today, combining research and analysis with reportage and interviews. This book is critical of Spanish democracy; yet, as the final chapter makes clear, Spain is one of many countries facing difficult questions about a conflictive past. To make things worse, the rise of a new, right-wing nationalist revisionism across the West threatens to undo much of the progress made in the past couple of decades when it comes to issues of historical justice.