M. Kathryn Edwards

Contesting Indochina (eBook, ePUB)

French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780520963467
• Artikelnr.: 45351665

Autorenporträt

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