Hô Chi Minh and the Viêt Minh: a communist revolutionary path to Vietnamese Independence

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Prior to the Indo-china War I and the Indo-china War II, the French Indo-china was a part of the French Colonial Empire of the South East Asian entity. The interest from France in the South East Asian countries and its affairs initially varied but was on the rise from time to time. This was especially booming in the seventeenth century, due to the rise in domestic politics and competition with the British colonial expansion. The Nguyen Dynasty, which was led by Emperor Gia Long, resorted to power in 1802. He was under the assistance of the French. Tensions between the costs and the consequent benefits of the European assistance led to strong debates among the natives. Further, foreign infiltration challenged the existing socio-political powers. Regardless of locals' hesitation to foreign rule, the French ruled the area which in the present day is covered under Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and is also regarded as the Indo-chinese Union. The union was formed after the rule was established in 1893. France held these colonized nations until 1954 with the onset of the Geneva Accords by officially removing the French rule in Indo-china.

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[...] Hô Chi Minh and the Viêt Minh: a communist revolutionary path to Vietnamese Independence will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Biography III. Chronology IV. Controversies V. Bibliography Introduction Prior to Indochina War I and Indochina War II, French Indochina was a part of the French Colonial Empire of South East Asia. French interest in South East Asian affairs initially varied but grew over time, especially in the seventeenth century, due to domestic politics and competition with British colonial expansion. [...]

[...] In 1923, Hô left Paris for Moscow where he was employed by the Comintern and participated in the 5th Comintern Congress in June 1924. In 1938 he went to China and served as an adviser with the Chinese Communists forces. He then began using his name "Hô Chi Minh" a Vietnamese name translating essentially to "bringer of the light." Leading the Independence Movement or National Liberation Movement, Hô returned to Vietnam in 1941, where he was in charge of the Viet Minh. [...]

[...] Arriving in Marseille, France, he applied for the French Colonial Administrative School, but his application was rejected. In the meantime, he spent his free time in public libraries where he read newspapers and books in order to familiarize himself with Western society and politics. In 1912, working again as a cook's helper on a ship, Hô Chi Minh traveled to the United States and lived in New York and Boston. It was in the United States where he made contact with Korean Nationalists, which was an experience that helped developed his political outlook in the future. [...]

[...] Specifically, the Vietnamese in the United States who fled communist rule after 1975, view Hô Chi Minh as a traitor who ruined Vietnam by starting a war. Moreover, most Americans view the Communist leader as a threat to the American spirit and still suffer the consequences of decreased military confidence due to their country's failure to win the war over the Viêt Minh. Democratic Americans see Hô Chi Minh as a communist ruler and not an advocate for the free world and therefore a traitor and threat to worldwide democracies. [...]

[...] Nevertheless, there are also some contradictions in this man. He was marked by a Confucius culture and by humanism but at the same time, he supported and used Leninism, which is an ideology based on violence. Bibliography BROCHEUX Pierre, ""Hô Chi Minh." Paris: Presses de Sciences Po This work of extended essay looks at the views of previous historians about Hô , Hô own varied self-portraits and, above all, Hô changing functions in the collective memory of the Vietnamese people. [...]