M. Kathryn Edwards

Contesting Indochina

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Автор книги: M. Kathryn Edwards

Издательство: Ingram

Год издания: 0

isbn: 9780520963467

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How does a nation come to terms with losing a war&mdash;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. <I>Contesting Indochina</I> 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&rsquo; 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&rsquo;s changing global status.

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