- Paul Mus
Paul Mus (1902 - 1969) was a French author and scholar. His studies focused on
Vietnam and otherSoutheast Asia n cultures.He was born in
Bourges to an academic family, and grew up in northern Vietnam (Tonkin ). He volunteered for theFree French Forces duringWorld War II in Africa. He trained with British commandos in Ceylon in 1944-1945.On September 2nd 1945, he was with General Philippe Leclerc on the USS Missouri to receive the Japanese surrender for France and subsequently served as his political adviser when France returned to Indochina and started the colonial reconquest. He later served as a professor at
Yale University . He has written widely onBuddhism andcomparative linguistics .He is interviewed in the 1968 documentary film "
In the Year of the Pig ".
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