Contesting Indochina : French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War EPUB
by M. Kathryn Edwards
Part of the From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective series
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How does a nation come to terms with losing a warespecially 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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- Pages:328 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:14/06/2016
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- ISBN:9780520963467
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:328 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:14/06/2016
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- ISBN:9780520963467