Conflict In Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh Essay In this essay I will describe how long-term and shorter term factors influenced Ho Chi Minhs life such as his beliefs, heritage, values and shared experiences. I will also explain how the actions of Ho Chi Minh expressed his identity- socially, economically and politically. Ho was born in Central Vietnam where French rule was carried out indirectly through a Vietnamese Emperor. Like other nationalists, Ho developed a dislike of those who were prepared to do the bidding of foreign rulers. Ho’s father was a nationalist who disliked French rule of Vietnam, no matter how indirect. Ho was educated…. In 1911 Ho joined the French communist party while in Paris. He took great interest in the anti-colonial views of Lenin the leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Later Ho studied and taught in the Soviet Union for a period. Ho Chi Minh a nationalist and communist leader in Vietnam founded the Viet Minh in 1940. This was a coalition which all of the nationalist groups in Vietnam were encouraged to join, irrespective of any differences they might have. Ho and the Viet Minh believed passionately in a free and independent Vietnam. From its founding to his death in 1969, Ho was also president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, serving as the primary North Vietnamese leader throughout much of the Vietnam War. There were many experiences in Ho Chi Minh’s life that influenced his beliefs. Vietnam had a long history of foreign intervention. Foreign powers, especially China, had led to regular uprisings that helped create a sense of national identity based on a strong resentment of foreign interference. Although the French and Japanese were the immediate problem that the Viet Minh was formed to deal with, Ho never forgot that China was Vietnam’s most powerful and domineering neighbor (even when it had turned communist in 1949). A bitter experience
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