Paul Mus

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Paul Mus (1902 - 1969) was a French author and scholar. His studies focused on Vietnam and other Southeast Asian cultures.

He was born in Bourges to an academic family, and grew up in Northern Vietnam (Tonkin), volunteered for the FFF (Free French Forces) during WWII in Africa and then trained with the British Commandos in Ceylon in 44-45. On September 2nd 1945, he was with General Philippe Leclerc on the USS Missouri to receive the Japanese reddition for France He served as political adviser to General Leclerc in 45-46 when France returned to Indochina and started the colonial reconquest an officer in Vietnam in World War II, and then served as a government advisor until the French pull-out. He later served as a professor at Yale University. He has written widely on Buddhism and comparative linguistics.

He is interviewed in the 1968 documentary film In the Year of the Pig.

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book on Paul Mus' Intellectual Legacy