HoIn exploring the life and career of Ho Chi Minh, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam provides a window into traditions and culture that influenced the American war in Vietnam, while highlighting the importance of nationalism in determining the war's outcome. |
Contents
THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF THE FRENCH | 3 |
PEASANT DISHWASHER SOCIALIST COMMUNIST 18901917 | 12 |
FROM BELIEF TO PROFESSION HOS PATH TO COMMUNISM 19171940 | 36 |
CREATING A NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 19411945 | 62 |
PATH TO DIENBIENPHU THE TIGER DEFEATS THE ELEPHANT 19451954 | 79 |
THE AMERICANS ARRIVE THE SECOND INDOCHINA WAR 19551969 | 105 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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