Vo Nguyen Giap

Series

Identifier: MS 001

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1430-2012

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers, except for files marked as restricted as requested by Dr. Cecil B. Currey. The Special Collections librarians reserve the right to deny access to these particular files.

Portions of this collection are available for viewing in digital format via the FHSU Scholars Repository at https://scholars.fhsu.edu/library/. Or via this link https://scholars.fhsu.edu/currey/

Extent

6.67 Linear Feet (16 boxes)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Vo Nguyen Giap, (born 1912, An Xa, Vietnam—died October 4, 2013, Hanoi), Vietnamese military and political leader whose perfection of guerrilla as well as conventional strategy and tactics led to the Viet Minh victory over the French (and to the end of French colonialism in Southeast Asia) and later to the North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam and the United States.

Cited from "Vo Nguyen Giap." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 Sep. 2017. academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Vo-Nguyen-Giap/75626. Accessed 18 Oct. 2019.