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Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 2016
Series: Book 7 of 7 - From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective
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- Title
- Contesting Indochina
- Author
- M. Kathryn Edwards
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- HRD
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520288602
- ISBN 13
- 9780520288607
- Item weight
- 582 grams
- Series
- Book 7 of 7: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective
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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About the Author
M. Kathryn Edwards is assistant professor of modern French history at Tulane University.
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