Claims that at the heart of the continuing controversy in Vietnam is a revolutionary struggle for political order and unity which remains incomplete and has consumed the vitality of the Vietnamese. Presents detailed study of fundamental changes in the structure of Vietnam politics over 40 years as the essence of revolution. Attempts to explains how and why this revolution occurred and the significance of this Vietnamese experience for a more perceptive understanding of revolution in general. The historical analysis is carried only through the final years of World War II. [TAIC]