Contesting Indochina
French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War
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, film…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-520-96346-7
- EAN: 9780520963467
- Produktnummer: 21596838
- Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'473 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Reihenbandnummer: 8
Über den Autor
M. Kathryn Edwards is assistant professor of modern French history at Tulane University.
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