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Ho Chi Minh : a biography / Pierre Brocheux ; translated by Claire Duiker.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: xxi, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521850629 (hardback)
  • 9781107622265
Uniform titles:
  • Ho Chi Minh. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.704
LOC classification:
  • 438 DS 560.72 B863h 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
In search of a future -- A missionary of revolution -- Under the sword of damocles -- Father of the nation -- The force of circumstance.
Summary: 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
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 438 DS 560.72 B863h 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000107845

Originally published in French as Ho Chi Minh : Du révolutionnaire à l'icone

Translation from French.

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

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