Contesting Indochina
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algerian war
anticolonial narrative
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colonialism
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decolonization
decolonization of indochina
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dien bien phu
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french colonial efforts in indochina
french colonizers of indochina
french indochina
french repatriate camps
georges boudarel
history of french colonization
indochina
indochina war
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legacies of colonialism in french indochina
military history
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postcolonial indochina
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state sponsored commemoration of colonization
world politics
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- ISBN 9780520288607
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jun 2016
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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.
M. Kathryn Edwards is assistant professor of modern French history at Tulane University.
