Primer For Revolt: The Communist Takeover In Viet-Nam

by Trường Chính, Bernard B. Fall (Contributor)

213 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Trường Chinh was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. He was originally named Đặng Xuân Khu; he adopted the nom de guerre "Trường Chinh" (Long March) as a tribute to Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (1941-1957) and later Chairman of the Council of State (President) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 4 July 1981 to 18 June 1987.

Reviews

[Smoothfin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for a historical reference in that it gives some insight into the thought behind the communist revolution in Viet Nam. Bernard Fall's introduction is very important in that he provides a context for Truong Chin's writing and identifies his place in the communist party hierarchy, and Fall's additional notes throughput the text provide some useful commentary at places where fall feels that Chinh has distorted historical facts to serve his theories. Chinh's writing is uniquely applicable to the Vietnamese situation. He did not write with the world-wide communist movement in mind. His writing is, in my opinion, more readable than most of the tracts of the soviet communist writers. It's a nice addition to a library on the indo-chinese conflicts of the 20th century.