Ho Chi Minh’s Blueprint for Revolution, In the words of Vietnamese Strategists and Operatives.
When Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces on 30 April 1975, the communist victory sent shockwaves around the world. Using ingenious strategy and tactics, Ho 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.
Virginia Morris has spent the past decade sourcing recently declassified documents in Vietnam and conducting rare interviews with Ho Chi Minh’s strategists and operatives, as well as recording testimonies from US servicemen.
Starting in 1900, this book offers a fresh perspective on Ho Chi Minh’s unique political, propaganda and military blueprint and the reasons behind both the French (1945-1954) and American (1959-1975) military failures in Vietnam, concluding with an insight to the threat his model poses today.
Photos by Clive A. Hills.
Reviews
A welcome and important work on the conundrum of Ho Chi Minh.
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA Veteran).
Incredible interview details.
James W. Burns, USAF veteran who served in Vietnam.
A handbook for revolutionary warfare.
R.Taylor, US Special Forces veteran who served in Vietnam.
An important addition to the literature devoted to the man, the Indochinese wars, and the people who participated in them.
Robert Dumont, author on the Vietnam War.
I don't know of another publication which goes into such detail on communist strategy as this.
Robin Eyre, Head of the British Trade Office (British representative in Lao PDR, late 1990s).