Contesting Indochina. M. Kathryn Edwards

• Тип: Текст
• Автор: M. Kathryn Edwards
• Издательство: Ingram(2020)
• Серия: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective
• ISBN: 9780520963467
• Язык: Английский

• Жанры: Историческая литература

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. <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’ 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.