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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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Series Page, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraph
  2. pp. i-viii
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Institutional Acronyms
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-xvii
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  1. Map of France
  2. p. xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-11
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  1. 1. French Indochina from Conquest to Commemoration
  2. pp. 12-33
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  1. 2. Remembrance and Rehabilitation: The ANAI and the Anticommunist Narrative
  2. pp. 34-53
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  1. 3. From Activism to Remembrance: The Anticolonial Narrative
  2. pp. 54-87
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  1. 4. Morts pour la France? Official Commemoration of the Indochina War
  2. pp. 88-115
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  1. 5. “The Forgotten of Vietnam-sur-Lot”: Repatriate Camps as Sites of Colonial Memory
  2. pp. 116-144
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  1. 6. “La sale affaire”: Collaboration, Resistance, and the Georges Boudarel Affair
  2. pp. 145-166
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  1. 7. Missing in Action: The Indochina War and French Film
  2. pp. 167-207
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  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 208-214
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 215-276
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 277-296
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 297-306
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