"Tells the life story of Vietnamese revolutionary and president Ho Chi Minh, describing the development of his political and social ideas and discussing the Indochina Wars."@en
"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 Party and the League for Independence of Vietnam, and ultimately to his leadership of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and his death in 1969. Biographical events are adroitly placed within the broader historical canvas of colonization, decolonization, communism, war, and nation building. 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."
"Cette collection affiche un triple objectif: montrer les différents regards portés sur le personnage; donner des points de repère clairs et précis sur les questions essentielles soulevées par sa trajectoire biographique; servir de guide pour mener une recherche ou entamer un parcours de lecture. [SDM]."