 All the while, Giáp was a dedicated reader of military history and philosophy, revering Sun Tzu.He also made a particular study of Napoleon's generalship, and greatly admired T. E. Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", learning from it practical examples of how to apply minimum military force to maximum effect.During the Popular Front years in France, he founded "Hồn Trẻ tập mới" (Soul of Youth), an underground socialist newspaper.