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Contesting Indochina: French Remembrance Between Decolonization and Cold War Volume 8

Contesting Indochina: French Remembrance Between Decolonization and Cold War Volume 8

Edwards, M. Kathryn

Paperback

Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Pe, Book 8

French HistorySoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 0520288610
ISBN13: 9780520288614
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Jun 14 2016
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
How does a nation come to terms with losing a war--especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? In the years after the war, how does such a nation construct and reconstruct its identity and values? For the French in Indochina, the stunning defeat at Dien Bien Phu ushered in the violent process of decolonization and a fraught reckoning with a colonial past. Contesting Indochina is the first in-depth study of the competing and intertwined narratives of the Indochina War. It analyzes the layers of French remembrance, focusing on state-sponsored commemoration, veterans' associations, special-interest groups, intellectuals, films, and heated public disputes. These narratives constitute the ideological battleground for contesting the legacies of colonialism, decolonization, the Cold War, and France's changing global status.

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