Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong by Geoffrey C. Gunn - 9781108833257

Ho Chi Minh in Hong KongAuthor(s): Geoffrey C. Gunn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108833257, 978-1108833257\nSynopsis\nIt was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in [tel], Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With extradition a major political issue in Hong Kong today, Geoffrey C. Gunn's examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh offers a timely insight into the rule of law and the issue of extradition in the former British [url] little known archival material, Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh, communist and anti-colonial networks and FrancoBritish relations.