What are some of the best biographies about Ho Chi Minh?

"Ho Chi Minh: The Missing Years 1919 - 1941" by Sophie Quinn-Judge (out of print) and "Ho Chi Minh: A Life" by William J. Duiker. Read both because they work great together. Awesome reading about Nguyễn Ái Quốc. read more

"Ho Chi Minh: A Biograhy" by Pierre Brocheux Ho Chi Minh is an icon and father of own country, he spent whole his life on independence of us. Brocheux's vivid and convincing portrait of Ho Chi Minh goes further than any previous biography in explaining both the myth and the man, as well as the times in which he was situated. read more

Ho Chi-Minh attended the National Academy in Hue, a city on the coast of central Vietnam. He was expelled for protesting against the puppet emperor Bao Dai and the French officials who controlled him. Ho left Vietnam on a French steamer and traveled to several ports of call: Boston, New York, London and eventually settling in Paris, France. read more