Table of Contents; Foreword: Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr.; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Brief History and Description of Mongolia; 1. Democracy Versus Bolshevism and Communism; Dogsomiin Bodoo, prime minister, foreign minister. Executed in Mongolia; Dambiin Chagdarjav, head of provisional government. Executed in Mongolia; 2. Mysterious Decade: Controversial Deaths; Damdinii Sukhe-Baatar, minister of war and commander in chief. Poisoned?; The Eighth Jebtsun Damba, Khan of Mongolia. A disputable death?; 3. Execution of "Right Wing Opportunists"; Soliin Danzan, former commander in chief and chairman of the MPR Central Committee. An execution in haste?; Ts. Dambadorj, chairman of the MPRP. Mysterious death in Moscow; 4. "Leftist Deviation":A Soviet Idea?; E. Shijee, secretary of MPRP Central Committee. Arrested in Mongolia, executed in the Soviet Union; O. Badrakh, secretary of MPRP Central Committee. Arrested in Mongolia, executed in the Soviet Union; L. Laagan, chairman of the Little Hural. Arrested and executed in Mongolia; 5. The Massacre begins: Choibalsan Ascends in Power; The Lhumbe Affair, prelude to massacre. Interrogated in Moscow, executed in Mongolia; Peljidiin Genden, prime minister. Arrested and executed in Moscow; G. Demid, marshal, deputy prime minister, minister of defense, commander in chief. Poisoned en route to Moscow; 6. Rivals Executed, Choibalsan Becomes Prime Minister; Dovchin, chairman of Central Bank. Arrested in Mongolia, executed in the Soviet Union; Dansrangiin Dogsom, chairman of MPR Little Khural. Arrested in Mongolia, executed in the Soviet Union; Anandiin Amar, MPR prime minister. Arrested in Mongolia, executed in the Soviet Union; Darijaviin Losol, deputy internal security minister. Arrested in Mongolia, executed in the Soviet Union; 7. Execution of High Ranking Military Officials; 8. Destruction of the Lamaist Religion; 9 . Persecution of Mongolian Intellectuals; 10. A Family Tragedy; My father's arrest; the destruction of a frontier town; Life of a political prisoner's family; 11. Conclusion with a Denunciation and Endorsement; Afterword: A Note on Rehabilitation; Appendix; A. Sh. Togtokh: Not Just a Dream but History; B. Ch. Shiirevdorj: Oh World, Are You Not Satisfied with Human Suffering; {TT

About the Author

Shagdariin Sandag is the former director of the Institute of Oriental Studies and founder of the Center for Northeast Asian Studies of the Academy of Social Sciences of the Republic of Mongolia. His publications include a 20th century Mongolian history and monographs on the Mongolia's foreign policy and international relations. This work was written while he was a visiting scholar at the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California in Berkeley. Harry H. Kendall is research associate at the Institute of East Asian Studies and a retired Foreign Service Officer of the United States with many years experience in Asia.