List of Illustrations.
Editorial Foreword.
Preface.
1. The Origins and Boyhood Years of Genghis Khan (Temuchin).
2. Rise to Supremacy on the Steppe.
3. Genghis Khan: Ruler of the Mongol Empire.
4. Personality and Achievements.
5. The Structure of the World Mongol Empire.
Abbreviations.
Notes.
Glossary.
Main Personalities.
Dynamic Tables.
Chronology.
Map of Campaigns.
Bibliography.
Index.
Paul Ratchnevsky was Emeritus Professor of Sinology at
Humboldt University in Berlin, and best known for his three-volume
work Un Code des Yuan.
Thomas Nivison Haining CMG served for over 30
years in the diplomatic service, including as Ambassador to
Mongolia. He is currently an honorary Research Associate in History
at the University of Aberdeen.
Author of the new introduction:
Morris Rossabi is Professor of History at the City
University of New York and Adjunct Professor at Columbia
University.
"This may well be the definitive biography of Genghis Khan" Library
Journal
"But for Paul Ratchnevsky this corner of history would remain
largely unavailable to the West. The debt to the author is enhanced
by Thomas Haining's splendid and untiring work in rendering the
original book into English." Times Higher Education Supplement
"If anyone could bring us close to the mystery of Genghis Khan's
achievements, it was the late Paul Ratchnevsky." London Review of
Books
"The translation is excellent. Mr Haining is to be congratulated on
his contribution to what is in many respects an improvement even on
Ratchnevsky's splendid work." Royal Asiatic Society
"The most significant post-war study of Genghis Khan. Ratchnevsky
had exemplary linguistic and historiographical skills enabling him
to draw on a very wide range of original sources. Thomas Nivison
Haining, the translator and editor of the English version, has done
a fine job in trimming the notes while maintaining their principal
import, to produce a work of value both for the informed general
reader and for specialists." Asian Affairs
"This is the most exciting book I have read for a long time ... A
book that no serious Mongolist should be without. The general
reader will find it absorbing and informative." The Anglo Mongolian
Society Newsletter
"This may well be the definitive biography of Genghis Khan"
Library Journal
"But for Paul Ratchnevsky this corner of history would remain
largely unavailable to the West. The debt to the author is enhanced
by Thomas Haining's splendid and untiring work in rendering the
original book into English." Times Higher Education
Supplement
"If anyone could bring us close to the mystery of Genghis Khan's
achievements, it was the late Paul Ratchnevsky." London Review
of Books
"The translation is excellent. Mr Haining is to be congratulated
on his contribution to what is in many respects an improvement even
on Ratchnevsky's splendid work." Royal Asiatic
Society
"The most significant post-war study of Genghis Khan.
Ratchnevsky had exemplary linguistic and historiographical skills
enabling him to draw on a very wide range of original sources.
Thomas Nivison Haining, the translator and editor of the English
version, has done a fine job in trimming the notes while
maintaining their principal import, to produce a work of value both
for the informed general reader and for specialists." Asian
Affairs
"This is the most exciting book I have read for a long time ... A book that no serious Mongolist should be without. The general reader will find it absorbing and informative." The Anglo Mongolian Society Newsletter
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