Ho Chi Minh Essay

Based off of what I read in the book it appears to me that even though Ho Chi Minh sided with the communists he was more interested in the freedom of the Vietnamese people more than anything. I think that if the Soviets or the Chinese tried to tell him how to run his country just like the United States did then he would have broken contacts with them and would have sought allies from somewhere else. Because at the end of the day Ho Chi Minh’s main objective was liberation by any means necessary no matter

Ho Chi Minh did not live to witness the last helicopter lift off from the U.S. Embassy roof on April 30th 1975, an event that marked the fall of Saigon and the final stage of a decades long conflict. Ho died in 1969, six years shy of realizing his lifelong dream of a unified and independent Vietnam. Ho’s leadership was central to a victory won against formidable adversaries with vast resources; first the colonial French, and later an illegitimate South Vietnamese regime propped up by U.S power. Beginning

Ho Chi Minh, Politics, and North Vietnam North Vietnam, September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared independence from France. Ho Chi Minh's "Independence Day" was marked with a new constitution and a new name, The Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Ho's speech on the day of Vietnamese Independence was one of freedom, freedom against French domination. Inspiration of Ho's speech was one from American history and history has a tendency to repeat itself. Like the very past of America and Europe, French

Political Science 530, Ho Chi Minh seemed to concede his Communist tendencies are merely to form a nationalist Vietnam, which will in return revolt against France and declared Vietnam’s independence from France. Ho Chi Minh may not necessarily believe in Communism and Ho Chi Minh’s lack of enthusiastic support against South Vietnam and the United States as well as its allies may be provided as a proof of this hypothesis. That being said, though, it looks as though Ho Chi Minh believes that Communism

Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam War Ho Chi Minh can be presented as passionate nationalist who just wanted his home country of Vietnam to be free from outside rule. Others present him as a savage man who was not afraid to deteriorate anything that stood in his way, including killing majority of his own people. The presentation of Ho Chi Minh differs throughout sources because they were written in different time periods by different people. The article was written in the by one writer present day of

despised by many, are Ho Chi Minh and Adolf Hitler. Hitler’s hatred of communists completely opposes Ho Chi Minh’s ideas. However, both Minh and Hitler wanted liberation and independence for their countries to be able to function independently. They both spent their lives attempting to gain their wishes of attaining the government they viewed as best for the countries. Minh’s goal was to get Vietnamese independence from the French and to blend Communism with Nationalism. When Minh was forced to leave

Ho Chi Minh’s speech was very concise and to the point. He did not add anything to his speech that could be consider superfluous. He started off my stating what he believed were “undeniable truths”, truths that other nations in their own country, specifically the United States of America and France. He then goes on to list some of the various actions of the French colonialists against the people of Vietnam. More about this will be explain in further detail later on. After citing all the mistakes

despite everything that the French had implored upon Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh speaks about the French and Japanese battling for the Vietnam territory and ultimately the Vietnamese Republic paid the price. Minh argued the fact that despite an increase in the "sufferings and miseries" of the Vietnamese people, they continued to assist the French in battle. Minh stated that the Vietnamese extended a tolerant attitude toward the French. Minh also stated the Vietnamese helped the French cross the frontier

Chapter 18 portrayed the gruesome Vietnam War as the greatest antiwar movement the nation has faced. North Vietnam, led by Communist Ho Chi Minh, fought against South Vietnam, a democratic nation, for the expansion of land. Ho Chi Minh took control of Indochina from Japan. England occupied the southern part of Indochina and gave it to the French. Nationalist China controlled northern part of Indochina and neglected to return the land to the French due to its immense wealth in rubber and coal

“Con trai , chúng tôi đang ở đây.” Those were the first few words my father spoke to wake me up upon landing in my parent’s holy majestic birthplace, Vietnam. Exhausted and excited, I replied back in a tiring voice to my father saying how excited it was to be back in this glorious country in my native tongue, “Cuối cùng , tôi không thể tin rằng chúng tôi đang ở đây.” Father alongside with mother gave a heartwarming smile towards me and I knew, this was going to be the greatest vacation trip ever