Collective Leadership and Factionalism : : An Essay on Ho Chi Minh's Legacy / / Thai Quang Trung.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Quang Trung, Thai,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1985]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 1985
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction. COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND FACTIONALISM --; I. THE SETTING OF FACTIONS --; II. THE COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP --; III. HO CHI MINH'S LEGACY --; IV. THE SHIFfiNG BALANCE --; Conclusion. A FACTIONALISM TRIUMPHANT --; Annexes --; Selected Bibliography --; The Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814379052; 9783110649680; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814379052
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thai Quang Trung.

This essay goes beyond the legend of Ho Chi Minh and his disciples. Behind the facade of unity, the Vietnamese communist leadership has for years been torn by a prolonged crisis, sustained by two major ideological factions and later amplified by the development of the Sino-Soviet rift. Ho Chi Minh was far from being a dictator the calibre of Tito, for example. Rather, his style of collective leadership has contributed to the institutionalization of factionalism in Hanoi. His policy of equidistance between Moscow and Beijing became more or less a necessity for the leadership's unity. This book addresses itself to the question: Did Ho Chi Minh leave behind a unified party? The book provides an understanding of one of the most enigmatic - and the most long-lasting - leaderships in the communist annals, and examines the current state of the Hanoi regime.