Acronyms
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements for the English Edition
Foreword for the English Edition
Preface
Chapter 1. Regarding Memory, Learning and Amnesia
The Generational Question
Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
Presentism
Taxidermism
Amnesia
Learning
Ceremonies and Monuments
Methodology and Sources
Chapter 2. From the Justification of War to the exaltation of
Peace: The Development of Official Discourse during the Franco
Period
Alternating Legitimacy
Origin-based Legitimacy and Performance-based Legitimacy
Champions of Francoist Legitimacy
From War to Peace
Sources of Political Socialisation
No-Do Historical Narrative
Commemorations of the Civil War
Monuments of the Victors
Legendary Sites of the Defeated
Policies of Reconciliation and Policies of Vengeance
From Punishment to Forgiveness
From Munich to the Organic Law of State
Symbols and Myths Relating to the Civil War
Towards the Convergence of Interpretations
Mythical Constructions of Francoism
Regarding the Civil War
Regarding Reconciliation and the Defeated
Chapter 3. The Memory of War and the Lessons of Peace in the
Democratic Transition
Economic and Social Characteristics of the Transition
History as Magistra Vitae
Institutional Structure
Reconciliation Consensus
Conclusion
Bibliography
Tables
Graphs
Appendices
Index
Paloma Aguilar is Professor of Political Science at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid, Spain) and Doctor Member of the Juan March Institute (Madrid, Spain).
"Paloma Aguilar's detailed and composed study of the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War is a work of considerable importance. In addition to its scientific interest, it offers an exciting read." Paul Preston, London School of Economics; "This methodologically exemplary study makes an essential contribution to research on historical memory in Spain, the most important issue within the country's contemporary history." Stanley Payne, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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