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Ho Chi Minh's blueprint for revolution :

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147666563X

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9781476665634

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Ho Chi Minh's blueprint for revolution :

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[Book]

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in the words of Vietnamese strategists and operatives /

First Statement of Responsibility

Virginia Morris with Clive A. Hills.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Jefferson, North Carolina :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

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xii, 383 pages ;

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26 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction: Hồ Chi Minh's legacy -- Establishing the blueprint (1890-1945) -- Making of a revolutionary -- Hồ's female couriers -- The seeds of Hồ's revolutionary strategies -- The infant blueprint -- Evolution and application of the blueprint -- The August revolution (1945) -- Hồ's road to power -- The French war (1945-1954) -- Blueprint for revolution -- The water flows south -- The north: the westward march -- The secrets behind the battle of Dien Biên Phu -- The American Vietnam War (1954-1975) -- And so it begins again -- A divided country -- The Ho Chi Minh trail -- Tet: America's big decision -- The Phoenix program: targeting the VCI -- Total victory -- Epilogue: Eyes wide open -- Appendix I. Abbreviations and acronyms -- Appendix ii. Translation of Vietnamese terms.

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"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"--

Hồ, Chí Minh,1890-1969-- Political and social views.

Hồ, Chí Minh,1890-1969.

Revolutionaries-- Vietnam, Biography.

Political and social views.

Politics and government.

Revolutionaries.

Vietnam, History, 1945-1975.

Vietnam, History, 1975-

Vietnam, Politics and government, 1858-1945.

Vietnam, Politics and government, 1945-1975.

Vietnam.

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Morris, Virginia,1969-

Hills, Clive A.

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20200823030949.0

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