The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465022076)

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.

Author: James Palmer
ISBN-10: 0465022073
ISBN-13: 9780465022076
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 29