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2-3 pages long. What evaluation can be made about the leadership styles and personal examples of Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem that would enable both of them to tap into the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people and mobilize support for their initiatives? Why, in Vietnam, was personal leadership so very important? Refer to specific examples

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Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem exhibited very different leadership styles in an effort to win over the "hearts and minds" of their people during the Vietnam War

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QUESTION # 1:

What evaluation can be made about the leadership styles and personal examples of Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem that would enable both of them to tap into the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people and mobilize support for their initiatives?

QUESTION # 2:

Why, in Vietnam, was personal leadership so very important?

...Refer to specific examples

THINGS TO CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT:

QUESTION # 1...

So in getting started...I recommend that you create some kind of list for both Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem...that highlights each individual's leadership style in an effort to help identify and understand any significant elements that stand out or if there are any commonalities / differences between the two...???

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As you read about Ho Chi Minh...you'll come to realize that he was a very vibrant speaker and orator who was able to rather easily rally large groups of people around the cause in North Vietnam...whereas Ngo Dinh Diem was essentially the ...

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