Synopses & Reviews
A fascinating biography of the Vietnamese icon Ho Chi Minh.
Review
"Inexplicably...Brocheux makes little use of the new Vietnamese works on Ho....[H]e did not track down bodyguards, doctors, mistresses, and other survivors who had close contact with his subject. The result is not a rounded portrait of the 'Vietnamese icon'...but a Ho-hum portrait." Stephen Kotkin, The New Republic (read the entire New Republic review)
About the Author
Pierre Brocheux is retired Professor of History at Universitéde Paris VII. His previous publications include The Mekong Delta. Ecology, Economy and Revolution. 1860-1960 (1995).
Table of Contents
Preface; Timeline; Chronology; 1. In search of a future; 2. Missionary for the revolution; 3. Under the sword of Damocles (1931-1945); 4.The father of the nation; 5. The force of circumstance; Bibliography.