Contesting Indochina: French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War - Couverture souple

Edwards, M. Kathryn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520288610 ISBN 13 : 9780520288614

Editeur : University of California Press, 2016

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520288610
• ISBN 13: 9780520288614
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 326
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