Ho Chi Minh

by Pierre Brocheux

Book Overview

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 of 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 founding of the Indochina Communist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521850622
• ISBN13: 9780521850629
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"