Leninism in Hanoi. - Review - book review

National Review, Oct 23, 2000 by John Derbyshire

In true Leninist style, Ho seems to have had very little personal life. He used women briefly, then wandered off to make more revolution. He wrote almost nothing but party tracts and some didactic verse. It is very difficult to get much feel for the man, and a relentlessly factual style like Duiker's does not help.

Simply as a chronicle of Ho's career, however, I do not see how this book could be surpassed.