Ho Chi Minh's blueprint for revolution
Subtitle: in the words of Vietnamese strategists and operatives
By: Virginia Morris with Clive A. Hills
Contributors: Hills, Clive A., author
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781476665634
Subjects: Politics and government; Revolutionaries; Political and social views; Biography; History
Description: "When Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 30, 1975, the communist victory sent shockwaves around the world. Drawing on recently declassified documents and rare interviews with Ho Chí Minh's strategists and operatives, this book offers fresh perspective on his blueprint and the reasons behind both the French (1945-1954) and American (1959-1975) failures in Vietnam"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Ĥò Chi Minh's legacy; title: Establishing the blueprint (1890/1945); title: Making of a revolutionary; title: Ĥò's female couriers; title: The seeds of Ĥò's revolutionary strategies; title: The infant blueprint; title: Evolution and application of the blueprint; title: The August revolution; title: Ĥò's road to power; title: The French war (1945/1954); title: Blueprint for revolution; title: The water flows south; title: The north: the westward march; title: The secrets behind the battle of Dien Biên Phu; title: The American Vietnam War (1954/1975); title: Here we go again; title: A divided country; title: The Ho Chi Minh trail; title: Tet: America's big decision; title: The Phoenix program: targeting the VCI; title: Total victory; title: Epilogue: Eyes wide open; title: Appendix I. Abbreviations and acronyms; title: Appendix ii. Translation of Vietnamese terms.