Description
UNPUNISHED EXECUTIONERS (UNMISSABLE)
Book Summary
This collective work provides a rigorous and documented analysis of the foundational nature of terror during the Franco regime. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the authors demonstrate how repression was not an accessory phenomenon, but an essential pillar of the regime from the Civil War through the postwar period. An essential study for understanding the systematic and massive dimension of the violence exerted against the defeated.
What is it about?
The book addresses the violence exerted by the Francoist side as a structural and deliberate element of the new State. The authors examine how, against all its enemies, Franco deployed terror on a massive and systematic scale during the war and the long postwar period. It is demonstrated that terror was a foundational character of the regime, an instrument of social control and the elimination of dissent. The work dismantles the rhetoric of the so-called fundamental laws, evidencing that Francoism was an anti-liberal and anti-labor regime that eliminated political, civil, social, economic, and cultural rights, engaging in a systematic violation of human rights. The repressive mechanisms, the executioners, and the impunity that characterized the perpetrators are analyzed.
Main themes
- Systematic repression and terror as a foundational pillar of Francoism.
- Massive violence during the Civil War and the postwar period.
- Violation of human rights and elimination of freedoms.
- Impunity of the perpetrators and mechanisms of social control.
- Critical analysis of the anti-liberal and anti-labor nature of the regime.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in the contemporary history of Spain, especially in the study of the Civil War and Francoism. It will be of great value to students, historians, researchers, and anyone seeking a deep and documented understanding of Francoist repression and its ideological and political foundations.
What this book contributes
- A rigorous and multidisciplinary analysis of the foundational character of terror in Francoism.
- Documented evidence of the systematic and massive nature of the repression.
- A critical perspective that dismantles the regime's legal rhetoric.
- Understanding of impunity as a key element of the repressive system.
- Contextualization of Francoist violence as a violation of human rights.
Technical specifications
- Author: BABIANO, JOSE; GOMEZ, GUTMARO; MIGUEZ, ANTONIO; TEBAR HURTADO,
- Publisher: Editorial Pasado y Presente
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: SPANISH CIVIL WAR
- Collection: HISTORY
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: March 2024
- Number of pages: 287
- Weight: 575 g
Editorial assessment
This is a reference work for the study of Francoist repression. The collective and multidisciplinary approach of its authors provides a complete and solid view of a complex subject. The work stands out for its historical rigor and its ability to connect the violence exerted with the very nature of the regime, beyond superficial interpretations. It is a necessary read for those seeking to understand the foundations of terror as an instrument of power in 20th-century Spain.