Ho Chi Minh's Blueprint for Revolution - In the Words of Vietnamese Strategists and Operatives

When Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 30, 1975, the communist victory sent shockwaves around the world. Using ingenious strategy and tactics, Hồ Chi Minh had shown it was possible for a tiny nation to defeat a mighty Western power. The same tactics have been studied and replicated by revolutionary forces and terrorist organizations across the globe.
Drawing on recently declassified documents and rare interviews with Hồ Chi Minh's strategists and operatives, this book offers fresh perspective on his blueprint and the reasons behind both the French (1945-1954) and the American (1959-1975) failures in Vietnam, concluding with an analysis of the threat this model poses today.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: H¿ Chí Minh's Legacy

Part I: Establishing the Blueprint (1890-1945)

¿1.¿The Making of a Revolutionary

¿2.¿H¿'s Female Couriers

¿3.¿The Seeds of H¿'s Revolutionary Strategies

¿4.¿The Infant Blueprint

Part II: Evolution and Application of the Blueprint

The August Revolution (1945)

¿5.¿H¿'s Road to Power

The French War (1945-1954)

¿6.¿Blueprint for Revolution

¿7.¿The Water Flows South

¿8.¿The North: The Westward March

¿9.¿The Secrets Behind the Battle of ¿i¿n Biên Ph¿

The American Vietnam War (1954-1975)

10.¿And So It Begins Again

11.¿A Divided Country

12.¿The H¿ Chí Minh Trail

13.¿T¿t: America's Big Decision

14.¿The Phoenix Program: Targeting the VCI

15.¿Total Victory

Epilogue: Eyes Wide Open

Appendix I.¿Abbreviations and Acronyms

Appendix II.¿Translation of Vietnamese Terms

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

A former engineering consultant, Virginia Morris is now a security and defense analyst. She lives in London.Photographer and map designer Clive A. Hills served in the British Parachute Regiment before he began working as a construction manager. He lives in London.

Product details

• Authors: Clive A. Hills, Virginia Morris
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2018
• EAN: 9781476665634
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6563-4
• No. of pages: 395
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 653 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, military history, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, South Korea, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, North Korea, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, Specific wars and military campaigns, vietnam politics