'Ex-combatants' of the Transition?
¿‘Excombatientes’ de la Transición?
Summary
An opinion column questions the idea of 'ex-combatants' of Spain's democratic Transition, arguing that documented analyses of the infamous Francoist past sit uneasily with easy or self-congratulatory narratives.
Preview
Los análisis documentados del infame pasado franquista se llevan mal con los relatos fáciles o de autobombo
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