Ho Chi Minh thought: An important contribution to the field of comparative political thought

• Main Author: Cheng, Grace
• Other Authors: Việt Nam học – Kỷ yếu hội thảo quốc tế lần thứ tư
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: H. : ĐHQGHN 2017
• Subjects: Contribution; Political; Ho Chi Minh
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/23185
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Vietnam’s wars against France and the U.S. from 1945-197-2 and its socialist revolution have been acknowledged as critical events in modem history. However, there has been little inquiry about the thought of the minds behind these efforts. Studies of the Vietnamese Wars and the Vietnamese revolution are largely taken up by historians or those adopting an historical approach. Thus, they focius on giving relief to the context and the strategic choices and actions of the actors involved, as well as their significance. However, much less attention has been given to the political thinking behind these achievements, which are typically attributed simply to the nationalist sentiment of Vietnamese actors or to their adherence to Marxist-Leninist ideology, as if they were merely guided by these pre­-determined frameworks of thought.