Alain Ruscio, born in 1947, is a French historian specializing in colonial history, particularly that of Indochina, Vietnam, Algeria, and more broadly, the relationship between colonization, decolonization, and colonial representations. He established himself as an independent researcher after an intellectual career focused on the contemporary history of colonial empires, with particular attention to independence struggles and French discourses on colonization. Born in 1947,…
