Ho Chi Minh — Jean Lacouture

Author: Jean Lacouture

Publisher: Penguin Books / Pelican Books

Format: Paperback

Edition: Pelican Books edition, published with revisions in Pelican Books, 1969

ISBN: 0140211209

Condition: Second-hand paperback. General wear to covers and edges, visible cover creasing, rubbing, small scuffs, minor corner wear, and age toning to pages. Binding appears intact and the book remains a good readable copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Ho Chi Minh is Jean Lacouture’s political biography of the Vietnamese revolutionary leader, published as part of Pelican’s Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century series. Originally published in French by Éditions du Seuil in 1967, this English translation by Peter Wiles examines Ho Chi Minh’s life, revolutionary career, anti-colonial politics, leadership of North Vietnam, and symbolic role in the wider struggles of the twentieth century.