Contesting Indochina: French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War: 8 (From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective) - Softcover

Edwards, M. Kathryn

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ISBN 10: 0520288610 ISBN 13: 9780520288614

Verlag: University of California Press, 2016

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"There is little to criticize in this well-researched and carefully worded monograph... an insightful and important addition to the growing field of history and memory." H Net

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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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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0520288610
• ISBN 13: 9780520288614
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328