Twentieth Century Mongolia

This is the first history of Mongolia available in English which benefits from access to historic data that only became available following the collapse of the socialist regime in 1990. Accordingly, it highlights the role of international politics, especially the former Soviet Union, Russia, China and Japan, in the shaping of modern Mongolia’s history.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 The Steppe warriors: introduction - Plano's report to the Vatican; the origin of the Mongols; Greater Asian history - preparing the way for Chinggis Khaan; the rise of the Mongol Empire; the legacy of Chinggis Khaan; Chinggis Khaan's successors; religion in the post-Chinggis era; Hubilai Khaan and the Yuan dynasty; the rise of Tibbetan Buddhism; Mongol relations with Russia; the Zuungar Khanate; the fall of the Zuungar Khanate; the subjugation of Mongolia. Part 2 Incarnations and revolutionaries: the troublesome toy; Mongolia proclaims its independence; winds of change in 19th-century European politics; the assault on China; Russia's plans for Mongolia; the fight for North China; China undertakes reform; unrest among the Mongols; the 1911 Republic of China; the Mongols seize the day; Russia and China respond; the Russo-Mongol treaty of 1912; the Sino-Russian Declaration on Mongolia; the Mongols respond to the Declaration; the Tripartite Conference; life in 1913 Mongolia; the Chinese High Commissioner in Hyfree; World War I; Chaos in Russia; China and Japan vie for spoils; the Chinese invade Mongolia; the resistance; the Mongolian People's Party; the Mad Baron's reign in Mongolia; the Mongols seeek recognition; the 1921 Soviet-Mongol friendship talks; the first purge; the Soviets become entrenched in Mongolia; Part 3 A puppet republic: the ghost of prime ministers past; Chinese politics in the 1920s; the Sino-Soviet joust for Outer Mongolia; Mongolia becomes a Soviet republic; Mongolia's transition to Communism; the Soviet constitution for Mongolia; Communism infiltrates China; Mongolia continues to seek independence; power struggles in China; Soviet policy change in Mongolia; Stalin's brutal reign in Mongolia; class struggle; Mongols protest the oppression; the "New Reform Policy" in Mongolia; Stalin's vengeance against the Buriads; Japanese politics in the 1930s; continued Japanese interest in Mongolia; Genden falls into disfavour; the rise of Choibalsan; the Great Purge; reflectinos on the Great terror; Choibalsan's continued leadership; the 1939 Halhyn Gol incident; World War II; the post-war map of Asia; the fate of Mongolia's independence.

Review :
"Baabar is one of independent Mongolia's best-known popular historians and this volume is a welcome translation of his general account of modern Mongolian history, written for a Mongolian audience following the fall of the Soviet Union." "Baabar is one of independent Mongolia's best-known popular historians and this volume is a welcome translation of his general account of modern Mongolian history, written for a Mongolian audience following the fall of the Soviet Union."