Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-452) and index.
Contents:
Part I: Independence and revolution, 1911-1945 -- China and Mongolia: from empire to national states -- Red protective deity: world revolution and geopolitics -- Dialectics of brotherhood: the Chinese Communist Party and the Mongolian People's Republic -- Part II: Autonomy and civil war, 1945-1950 -- National fever: the genesis of an autonomous movement -- Ethnic strategy: the eastern Mongolian experience -- Restoration: the Guomindang's administrative endeavor -- Liberation: the Chinese Communist Party's interethnic approach -- Part III: Ethnicity and hegemony, 1945-1950 -- New frontier: America's encounter with Inner Mongolia -- The range of wild wind: Moscow's Inner Mongolia stratagem -- The structure of bloc politics: Mao, Stalin, and Mongolian independence -- Epilogue: territoriality, power, and legitimacy.
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