Ho Chi Minh : a biography /
Brocheux, Pierre.
Ho Chi Minh : a biography / Pierre Brocheux ; translated by Claire Duiker. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xxi, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published in French as Ho Chi Minh : Du révolutionnaire à l'icone
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-257) and index.
In search of a future -- A missionary of revolution -- Under the sword of damocles -- Father of the nation -- The force of circumstance.
Ho Chi Minh is one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, considered an icon and father of the nation by many Vietnamese. Pierre Brocheux's biography of Ho Chi Minh is a brilliant feat historical engineering. In a concise and highly readable account, he negotiates the many twists and turns of Ho Chi Minh's life and his multiple identities, from impoverished beginnings as a communist revolutionary to his foundings of the Indochina Communist Party and the League for the Independence of Vietnam, and ultimately to his leadership of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and his death in 1969. -- Cover
Translation from French.
9780521850629 (hardback) 9781107622265
2006024898
Ho, Chi Minh, 1890-1969.
Vietnam--History--20th century.
Presidents--Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Biography.
Vietnam--Historia--Siglo 20.
Presidentes--Vietnam (República Democratica)--Biografía.
438 DS 560.72 / B863h 2007
959.704
Ho Chi Minh : a biography / Pierre Brocheux ; translated by Claire Duiker. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xxi, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published in French as Ho Chi Minh : Du révolutionnaire à l'icone
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-257) and index.
In search of a future -- A missionary of revolution -- Under the sword of damocles -- Father of the nation -- The force of circumstance.
Ho Chi Minh is one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, considered an icon and father of the nation by many Vietnamese. Pierre Brocheux's biography of Ho Chi Minh is a brilliant feat historical engineering. In a concise and highly readable account, he negotiates the many twists and turns of Ho Chi Minh's life and his multiple identities, from impoverished beginnings as a communist revolutionary to his foundings of the Indochina Communist Party and the League for the Independence of Vietnam, and ultimately to his leadership of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and his death in 1969. -- Cover
Translation from French.
9780521850629 (hardback) 9781107622265
2006024898
Ho, Chi Minh, 1890-1969.
Vietnam--History--20th century.
Presidents--Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Biography.
Vietnam--Historia--Siglo 20.
Presidentes--Vietnam (República Democratica)--Biografía.
438 DS 560.72 / B863h 2007
959.704