Part I Independence and Revolution, 1911-1945
1 China and Mongolia: From Empire to National States
Facets of the Mongolia Question
Independence for the Second Time
Ethnic Separation and National Revolution
Partisan, National, and Imperial Interests
2 "Red Protective Deity": World Revolution and Geopolitics
Bolsheviks and Mongolian Partisans
Eurasian Federation vs. Soviet Empire
Divided Nation and Split Revolution
3 Dialectics of Brotherhood: The Chinese Communist Party and the Mongolian People's Republic
Part II Autonomy and Civil War, 1945-1950
4 "National Fever": The Genesis of an
From Colonialism to National Fever
Liberation through Unification
Degrees of Self-Government
5 Ethnic Strategy: The Eastern Mongolian Experience
6 "Restoration": The Guomindang's Administrative Endeavor
Delusive "Frontier Administration
7 "Liberation": The Chinese Communist Party's Interethnic Approach
Enact "Leftist Excessiveness
Part III Ethnicity and Hegemony, 1945-1950
8 "New Frontier":America's Encounter with Inner Mongolia
9 The Range of "Wild Wind": Moscow's Inner Mongolia Stratagem
10 The Structure of Bloc Politics: Mao, Stalin, and Mongolian Independence
A Fractured Revolutionary Alliance
Resetting the Interstate Relationship
Between National and Bloc Interests
Mongolian Independence, Again
11 Epilogue: Territoriality, Power, and Legitimacy
A Note on Transliteration
Acronyms and Abbreviations
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