Unearthing Franco's LegacyUnearthing Franco's Legacy: Mass Graves and the Recovery of Historical Memory in Spain addresses the political, cultural, and historical debate that has ensued in Spain as a result of the recent discovery and exhumation of mass graves dating from the years during and after the Spanish Civil War (1936 39). The victor, General Francisco Franco, ruled as a dictator for thirty six years, during which time he and his supporters had thousands of political