Between the Hammer and the Anvil?: Chinese and Russian Policies in Outer Mongolia, 1911-1921

by Thomas E. Ewing

Focusing on the decade from 1911 to 1921, which saw near cataclysmic upheavals throughout much of Eurasia that led to the collapse of major empires from the Hapsburg to the Romanov to the Qing, but also witnessed the rise of youthful regimes from their ashes. Among the latter was Outer Mongolia, which renounced two centuries of vasslage to China and declared its intention to create an independent, Westernized nation. This book examines the political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933070063
• ISBN13: 9780933070066
• Release Date: December 1980
• Publisher: Sinor Research Institute of Inner Asian Studi
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher