Contesting Indochina

French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War

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M. Kathryn Edwards

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From Indochina to Vietnam?: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective

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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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M. Kathryn Edwards is assistant professor of modern French history at Tulane University.

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June 14th, 2016

Author

M. Kathryn Edwards

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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

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10 b-w images, 1 map

Pages

328

Series

From Indochina to Vietnam?: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective

Dimensions

152x229x18

ISBN-13

9780520288614

Product ID

24147623

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