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Ho Chi Minh : a biography / Pierre Brocheux ; translated by Claire Duiker.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brocheux, Pierre.
- Standardized Title:
- Ho Chi Minh. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Hồ, Chí Minh, 1890-1969.
- Hồ, Chí Minh.
- Vietnam--History--20th century.
- Vietnam.
- History.
- Presidents--Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Vietnam (Democratic Republic).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- Translation from French.
- Summary:
- Ho Chi Minh is one of the towering figures of the 20th century, considered an icon and father of the nation by many Vietnamese. Brocheux's vivid and convincing portrait of Ho Chi Minh goes further than any previous biography in explaining both the myth and the man, as well as the times in which he was situated.
- Contents:
- In search of a future
- A missionary of revolution
- Under the sword of Damocles
- Father of the nation
- The force of circumstance
- Epilogue: A man at the interface between two worlds.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521850622
- 9780521850629
- OCLC:
- 70778352
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