UID:
(DE-602)almafu_9959870301902883
Format:
1 online resource (327 pages) :
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illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
0-520-96346-6
Series Statement:
From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective ; 8
Content:
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.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Institutional Acronyms --
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Acknowledgments --
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Map of France --
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Introduction --
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1. French Indochina from Conquest to Commemoration --
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2. Remembrance and Rehabilitation: The ANAI and the Anticommunist Narrative --
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3. From Activism to Remembrance: The Anticolonial Narrative --
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4. Morts pour la France? Official Commemoration of the Indochina War --
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5. "Th e Forgotten of Vietnam-sur-Lot": Repatriate Camps as Sites of Colonial Memory --
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6. "La sale affaire": Collaboration, Resistance, and the Georges Boudarel Affair --
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7. Missing in Action: Th e Indochina War and French Film --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-28861-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-28860-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520963467
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