| Edition |
1st paperback ed. |
| Description |
xix, 695 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Map of Southeast Asia and Pacific Ocean on endpapers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-670) and index. |
| Contents |
In a lost land -- Fiery stallion -- Apprentice revolutionary -- Sons of dragon -- Magic sword -- Red nghe tinh -- Into the wilderness -- Cave at Pac Bo -- Rising tide -- Days of August -- Reconstruction and resistance -- Tiger and the elephant -- Place called Dien Bien Phu -- Between two wars -- All for the front lines. |
| Summary |
Describes Ho Chi Minh's poverty-stricken youth, his expatriate years in the U.S., France, and the Soviet Union, and his commitment to the Vietnamese revolution and reunification of Vietnam under Communist rule. |
| Subject |
ˆḤ, Chí Minh, 1890-1969.
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Presidents -- Vietnam (Democratic Republic) -- Biography.
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Hô Chí Minh, 1890-1969.
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Vietnam. (DNLM)D014744 |
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ˆḤ, Chí Minh, 1890-1969 (OCoLC)fst00061533
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Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
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Vietnam (Democratic Republic) (OCoLC)fst01864829
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biography. (DNLM)D019215 |
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0786863870 |
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9780786863877 |
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9780786887019 |
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078688701X |
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