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Mongolia, a political history of the land and its people, Michael Dillon

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Mongolia, a political history of the land and its people, Michael Dillon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-214) and index

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maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mongolia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1064696036

Responsibility statement

Michael Dillon

Sub title

a political history of the land and its people

Summary

"Mongolia remains a beautiful barren land of spectacularly clothed horse-riders, nomadic romance and windswept landscape. But modern Mongolia is now caught between two giants: China and Russia; and known to be home to enormous mineral resources they are keen to exploit. China is expanding economically into the region, buying up mining interests and strengthening its control over Inner Mongolia. Michael Dillon, one of the foremost experts on the region, seeks to tell the modern history of this fascinating country. He investigates its history of repression, the slaughter of the country's Buddhists, its painful experiences under Soviet rule and dictatorship, and its history of corruption. But there is hope for its future, and it now has a functioning parliamentary democracy which is broadly representative of Mongolia's ethnic mix. How long that can last is another question. Short, sharp and authoritative, Mongolia will become the standard text on the region as it becomes begins to shape world affairs." -- Back cover

Table Of Contents

Mongolia and the Mongols: Land, People and Traditions -- Mongolia's 20th Century Revolutions: Religion and Resistance and the Living Buddha of Urga -- Sukhbaatar and Choibalsan in the Mongolian Revolution -- Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in Power – the 'Socialist Period' and the Choibalsan Dictatorship (1924-1952) -- Tsedenbal (1952-84) and Batmںunkh (1984-1990) -- Urga and Ulaanbaatar: Two Tales of a City -- Democratic Revolution: Mongolia and the Collapse of Soviet Power (1991-2019) -- Disintegration and Recovery of Traditional Economy -- Mongolia and the New East Asian Order -- The Mongols and China - Inner Mongolia and Ulaanbaatar's Relations with Beijing -- Looking Back to the Future: Mongolia's Search for Identity and the Contemporary Cult of Chinggis Khan

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