Precious Than Independence and Liberty Essay

Ho Chi Minh was highly educated and attended various universities around the world according to the literature from numerous sources including the Eastern Worker's University and Lenin School in Moscow. He was trained in Moscow involving revolutionary tactics (Columbia Encyclopedia 2008).

Minh had a strong desire to make Vietnam an independent country and spent his whole life in pursuit of this dream. In southern China, Minh trained the exiles in techniques involving revolutionary tactics. According to by 1925 he had organized the exiles into the Viet Nam Thanh Nien Cach Menh Dong Chi Hoi (Revolutionary Youth League) and the inner group within the Revolutionary League, the Thanh Nien Cong San Doan, or Communist Youth League (CYL) (Wars and Battles 2010 the Revolutionary). Years of oppression and hardship drove the Vietnamese people to join Minh in his ideals. The seemingly ordinary man was highly educated according to all sources referred and his drive inspired those around him to join his fight.

In 1930, the French crackdown on the popular rising of the Communist supporters sent thousands to jail and Minh to Hong Kong where he served time in prison under the British crackdown on insurgents in the area.

Minh was influential in the Japanese defeat in the area in World War 2 assisting the United States and allies in the war with Japan. It was during this time that Minh and his supporters learned the art of guerilla warfare in part from the Americans and Chinese. They defeated the Japanese and recaptured some of the land from them during the war.

Ho Chi Minh based his ideals on the capitalist value system as much as he did the communist.Had the United States been more sympathetic to the Vietnamese call for independence the outcome could have persuaded Minh to be even more capitalist but instead he found his allies with the Chinese and Russian Communist Parties. He borrowed from the United States Declaration of Independence in a speech to his countrymen in which he stated: "All men are born equal. The Creator has given us inviolable rights: life, liberty, and happiness" (Wars and Battles 2010 Overview).

Conclusion

The information on the life of Ho Chi Minh is scarce and varies depending on the source being referred. The one fact that is contained in all the research is the fierce loyalty and desire of Minh to liberate Vietnam and make it a sovereign nation. He lived in several countries and tried on numerous occasions to get the rest of the world to join his fight for Vietnamese independence.

The resistance of the Capitalist nations to assist him and his cause lead to the merging with the Communist Party in efforts to garner the support of Russia and China. The education and training Minh received in his travels around the world along with his fierce determination to free the Vietnamese people lead the Vietnamese people to follow Minh.

Even though his was deeply involved in the Communist Party, Minh used several of the ideals from the….....