M Kathryn Edwards: 1 book
Contesting Indochina
French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
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...
