In the history of the modern world, there have been few characters more sinister, sadistic, and deeply demented than Baron Ungern-Sternberg. An anti-Semitic fanatic whose penchant for Eastern mysticism and hatred of communists foreshadowed the Nazi scourge that would soon overtake Europe, Ungern- Sternberg conquered Mongolia in 1919 with a ragtag force of White Russians, Siberians, Japanese, and native Mongolians. In The Bloody White Baron , historian and travel writer James Palmer vividly re-creates Ungern-Sternberg's spiral into ever-darker obsessions, while also providing a rare look at the religion and culture of the unfortunate Mongolians he briefly ruled.
- ISBN10 0465022073
- ISBN13 9780465022076
- Publish Date 7 June 2011 (first published 20 March 2008)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English