Was Ho Chi Minh a Nationalist or a Communist

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WasHo Chi Minh a Nationalist or a Communist?
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Presentation outline

• Introduction
• Biography
• Legacy
• Conclusion
• Questions

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Introduction

• Ho Chi Minh a real myth in Vietnam modern
  history.
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• In studying such Hero we have to be careful on
• the sources (official, dissidency)
• the shadows caused by nicknames, census, regime
  change, wars
• the inaccuracy of some dates/places/people

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Biography
First part On the nationalist side 1890
Nguyen Sinh Cung was born in central
vietnam. 1910 Ho is kicked out of school in Hué
for nationalist propaganda. 1912 Engaged on a
ship to France hell discover the world and the
sufferings of various people. The same year he
tries to enter the French Colonial School. 1919
He arrives in Paris, France and starts his
political activism 1) At the Versailles
Treaty 2) With le Paria
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Biography
Second part The turning point to
communism 1920 Involves in communism by being
a founding father of French Communist
Party in Tours Congress. 1923 Travels to
Moscow, then to China. After the creation of a
Vietnamese dissidency group, he is
arrested. 1930 Creates the Parti Communiste
Indochinois in Hong-Kong and is put into custody
for 3 years. 1933-1938 Back in USSR - we have
no additional and accurate datas. 1941 Heads
the Sino-VN border where he creates the
Vietminh. 1946 Declaration of Independance.
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Biography
Third part A mix between nationalism and
communism 1946 Indochina War. Ho looks for
the broadest possible coalition. 1949 From this
moment Ho is helped by chinese communists. 1954 F
rance loose the Dien Bien Phu battle and is
forced to Peace. 1956 Increasingly popular, Ho
is Secretary General of the Communist Party.
Seeks reunification of Vietnam as a national
entity. 1969 Ho dies from various health
problems. His last desires are betrayed and his
body enbalmed.
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Legacy  Ho Chi Minh is Watching you 
On banknotes
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Legacy  Ho Chi Minh is Watching you 
Omnipresent in the cities
-On the walls -On the radio and TV. -On stamps,
statues, posters
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Legacy  Ho Chi Minh is Watching you 
Omnipresent in the cities
-On the walls -On the radio and TV. -On stamps,
statues, posters
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Legacy
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Conclusion

• Ho Chi Minh was
• A freedom activist.
• Nationalist during his youth and
  communo-nationalist afterwards.
• Managing to get the broadest support (country,
  cities, ethnical groups).
• If he finally achieved his goals its partly due
  to his qualities as a charismatic leader