vietnam (democratic republic)

Presents a biography of Ho-Chih Minh, the Vietnamese communist leader who led his people in the struggle for independence from France and in the later war with South Vietnam.

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.

Provides an overview of the life of North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh, discussing his role in North Vietnam's fight for independence, his impact on the country's government, economy, and culture, his legacy, and other related topics.

A biography of former Vietnamese president and revolutionary Ho Chi Minh that discusses his life and the path leading up to his political struggle for Vietnamese independence.

Offers a comprehensive account of the covert paramilitary and espionage campaign the United States executed against North Vietnam from 1964 to 1972.

Recalls the events in a North Vietnamese village that forever changed the lives of the youngest daughter of a prosperous trader and her family.

Ho Chi Minh is considered an icon of the twentieth century and father of the nation by many Vietnamese. From his impoverished beginnings as a communist revolutionary to his leadership of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, he is one of the major figures of the twentieth century.