Contesting Indochina : French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War Hardback
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 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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages, 10 b-w images, 1 map
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:14/06/2016
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- ISBN:9780520288607
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages, 10 b-w images, 1 map
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:14/06/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520288607
