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Contesting Indochina
M. Kathryn Edwards
其他書名
French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War
出版Univ of California Press, 2016-06-14
主題History / Europe / FranceHistory / Asia / Southeast Asia
ISBN05209634669780520963467
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=edM4DAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.