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Ho Chi Minh: Vietnamese Revolutionary Leaders Of The 20th Century

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Ho Chi Minh (Ho) (1890-1969) was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader who is recognised as one of the most famous and influential politicians of the 20th century. Throughout his life, he experienced many significant events that shaped his life to become the memorable and remarkable leader that he was. One of the most significant events that initially sparked Ho's love for communism occurred in 1917 when he finally settled in Paris. Here he read books by Karl Marx and other left-wing writers and eventually, he became convened to communism. He began to deeply immerse himself into concepts such as Socialism, anti-colonialism, Marxism, and ideas of self-determination and independence. Ho Chi Minh adopted the Communism ideology to shape the
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