Nationalists


 * Ho CHi Minh was a nationalist who wanted to win freedom from French rule
 * He gained widespread support because he was a true Vietnamese, not a Mandarin or someone with Western support
 * The term nationalist was replaced by the word communist in the minds of the US
 * Ho's struggle for independence would have prevented him from allying with China, because the Vietnamese were tired of being dominated by the Chinese or Japanese
 * When referring to a small country like Vietnam, nationalism is not the same negative term as it was under Hitler