Looking for a few books

[No Ha Muerto]

So, I've been looking for books on a few subjects for quite some time now, but am yet to find them:

1) A good biography of Lenin, I've tried Building the Party by Tony Cliff, but have to say I found it rather disappointing, is there a fair biography of V.I. to be had? Oh, and a biography of Trotsky would be appreciated too.

2) A book on the Vietnam war and/or a biography of Ho Chi Minh. The war in Vietnam is something I've not studied thoroughly enough as of yet.

3) A book on how the transistion from feudalism to capitalism took place in Japan. With the strong feudal tradition it had, and the fast rate at which it industrialized, it seems like an intriguing subject.

My thanks in advance.

[Chimurenga.]

1) A good biography of Lenin, I've tried Building the Party by Tony Cliff, but have to say I found it rather disappointing,

You do know that that is one book out of, I think, three, right?


Oh, and a biography of Trotsky would be appreciated too.

I would look into Issac Deutcher's biographies on Trotsky. I haven't read them yet but I've heard that they are good.


2) a biography of Ho Chi Minh.

Ho Chi Minh: A Life by William J. Duiker

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

A good biography of Lenin

The Life of Lenin (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1842122304?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1842122304) isn't bad.

Lenin and the Russian Revolution (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1406731145?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1406731145) is more concise.


Oh, and a biography of Trotsky would be appreciated too.

My Life: An Attempt at an Autobigraphy (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486456099?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0486456099)

Deutscher's three part series: The Prophet Armed (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859844413?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1859844413), The Prophet Unarmed (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859844464?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1859844464), The Prophet Outcast (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859844510?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1859844510).


a biography of Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh: A Life (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078688701X?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=078688701X) (One of the better written biographies I've read.)

You may also be interested in In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1849350132?ie=UTF8&tag=prikeypre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1849350132)

[Rakhmetov]

Lenin by Christopher Read is the "fairest" one I've seen in the U.S.A. yet.