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The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia

By James Palmer

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2009
ISBN
0465014488, 0571230237, 0786744286, 9780465014484, 9780571230235, 9780786744282
LCC
DS
Open Library ID
OL23124585M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1419106 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
291\291
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Библиотека;Жизнь выдающихся людей;Военные деятели

Description

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.

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