Contesting Indochina: French Remembrance Between Decolonization and Cold War Volume 8

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.

Author: M. Kathryn Edwards
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 06/14/2016
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520288614
ISBN10: 0520288610
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | France
- History | Asia | Southeast Asia

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