Ho Chi Minh: Political Leaders Of The Twentieth Century
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Pages: Good
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Few figures of the twentieth century embody the turbulent collision of nationalism, communism, and colonial resistance quite like Ho Chi Minh — and Jean Lacouture's landmark biography brings this enigmatic revolutionary to vivid, unflinching life. Drawing on his extensive experience as a journalist and historian in Southeast Asia, Lacouture chronicles the extraordinary journey of the man born Nguyen Sinh Cung, from his impoverished origins in rural Vietnam through decades of clandestine political organising across three continents, to his emergence as the founding father of modern Vietnam and architect of its bruising struggle for independence. This biography stands as a masterwork of political portraiture, situating Ho Chi Minh within the grand sweep of twentieth-century anti-colonial movements while never losing sight of the deeply human contradictions at its subject's core. Lacouture writes with the precision of a historian and the urgency of an eyewitness, presenting a man who was simultaneously revered saint and ruthless strategist, poet and propagandist, ascetic and statesman. Part of the celebrated Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century series, this volume asks the question that still resonates today: what does it cost a man — and a nation — to be free?
Author: Jean Lacouture
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures of the twentieth century embody the turbulent collision of nationalism, communism, and colonial resistance quite like Ho Chi Minh — and Jean Lacouture's landmark biography brings this enigmatic revolutionary to vivid, unflinching life. Drawing on his extensive experience as a journalist and historian in Southeast Asia, Lacouture chronicles the extraordinary journey of the man born Nguyen Sinh Cung, from his impoverished origins in rural Vietnam through decades of clandestine political organising across three continents, to his emergence as the founding father of modern Vietnam and architect of its bruising struggle for independence. This biography stands as a masterwork of political portraiture, situating Ho Chi Minh within the grand sweep of twentieth-century anti-colonial movements while never losing sight of the deeply human contradictions at its subject's core. Lacouture writes with the precision of a historian and the urgency of an eyewitness, presenting a man who was simultaneously revered saint and ruthless strategist, poet and propagandist, ascetic and statesman. Part of the celebrated Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century series, this volume asks the question that still resonates today: what does it cost a man — and a nation — to be free?