The Boston Globe, February 18th, 2001
Ho Chi Minh. The name triggers conflicting emotions and images for Americans who came of age in the '60s. Was he a Comintern agent working with Beijing and Moscow to bring Vietnam into the international communist orbit? A Vietnamese nationalist seeking independence and unity for his people? A potential Asian Tito who could balance communism and nationalism in a nonaligned world? Ho's many-faceted character and history flashed enough hints to support whatever others wanted to see in him. The mystery of Ho left myths and ignorance that today are largely merged into a carefully constructed image ...
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