The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia - Paperback
by James Palmer
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465022076ISBN-10:465022073UPC:9780465022076Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asia, Russia, HistoricalBook Topic:Central AsiaSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCCJAVSR2K
In the history of the modern world, there have been few characters more sadistic, sinister, and deeply demented as Baron Ungern-Sternberg. An anti-Semitic fanatic with a penchant for Eastern mysticism and a hatred of communists, Baron Ungern-Sternberg took over Mongolia in 1920 with a ragtag force of White Russians, Siberians, Japanese, and native Mongolians. While tormenting friend and foe alike, he dreamed of assembling a horse-borne army with which he would retake communist controlled Moscow. In this epic saga that ranges from Austria to the Mongolian Steppe, historian and travel writer James Palmer has brought to light the gripping life story of a madman whose actions fore shadowed the most grotesque excesses of the twentieth century.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465022076ISBN-10:465022073UPC:9780465022076Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asia, Russia, HistoricalBook Topic:Central AsiaSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCCJAVSR2K
James Palmer is a Senior Editor at Foreign Policy and the author of two previous books: The Bloody White Baron and Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes. He is a recipient of the Spectator's Shiva Naipaul Prize for travel writing. He currently lives in Beijing and will be moving to Washington D.C. in 2019.
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