Author:
Edwards, M. Kathryn, 1979- author.
Imprint:Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Descriptionxvii, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Note:French Indochina from conquest to commemoration -- Remembrance and rehabilitation : the ANAI and the anticommunist narrative -- From activism to remembrance : the anticolonial narrative -- Morts pour la France? : official commemoration of the Indochina War -- "The forgotten of Vietnam-sur-Lot" : repatriate camps as sites of colonial memory -- "La sale affaire" : collaboration, resistance, and the Georges Boudarel affair -- Missing in action : the Indochina War and French film.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index.
Note:"How does a nation come to terms with losing a war--especially an overseas war the purpose of which is fervently contested? In the ensuing years, 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 make up the ideological battleground for contesting the legacies of colonialism, decolonization, the Cold War, and France's changing global status"--Provided by publisher.