Chapter II

The Nationalist Movement in

Indo-China
Vietnam gained formal independence in 1945, before India, but
it took another three decades of fighting before the Republic
of Vietnam was formed. This chapter on Indo-China will
introduce you to one of the important states of the peninsula, namely,
Vietnam. Nationalism in Indo-China developed in a colonial context.
The knitting together of a modern Vietnamese nation that brought
the different communities together was in part the result of

Movement in Indo-China
colonisation but, as importantly, it was shaped by the struggle against
colonial domination.

If you see the historical experience of Indo-China in relation to that

of India, you will discover important differences in the way colonial
empires functioned and the anti-imperial movement developed. By
looking at such differences and similarities you can understand the
variety of ways in which nationalism has developed and shaped the
contemporary world.

Movement in Indo-China
Nationalist
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Fig.1 – Map of Indo-China.

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