Mary and Morris Rossabi have given us a wonderful and important autobiography that will be required reading for anyone interested in contemporary and socialist Mongolia.
Melvyn C. Goldstein, Case Western Reserve University Sambuu, the herder, and Sambuu, the statesmen, give us a fresh view of 20th-century history that is both intimately biographic and ethnographic and a major historical document ... Read morecharting the intricate relations between China, Mongolia, and the USSR. Through feudalism, revolution, political purges, and world war, few Mongols have recorded history the way Sambuu has and still fewer Mongols were in a position to tell so much and over such a long span. This new translation makes available one of the classic works of Mongolia to those intrigued by East Asian and Soviet history, politics, and international relations.
William Honeychurch, Yale University Fascinating. . . . Sambuu's moving account allows the reader to feel what feudal life was like rather than just intellectualize it. . . . The translation is very clear, making the book a delight for both [the public and scholars]. . . . One of the few first-hand accounts of Mongolia's transition from feudalism to socialism. . . . An excellent reference and a good read.
Journal of Asian Studies
Scholars need more works of translation such as Rossabi's book.
Pacific Affairs
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