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...Mongol Empire, by Michael Prawdin. First U.S. publication of a classic history of Genghis Khan and his successors; originally (1938) published in German (TIME...
...MONGOL EMPIRE (581 pp.) - Michael Prawdin - Macmillan...
...Blood. Historian Prawdin starts his story with Temuchin, son of a minor tribal chieftain, who bound the wandering nomads of Mongolia into a military state. As Genghis Khan, chieftain of chieftains, he eventually controlled an empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the Himalayas...
...Historian Prawdin describes him, Genghis Khan was a ruthless but not sadistic man-a tough old nomad who did not hesitate to destroy his enemies, yet who had no interest in pointless cruelties. Conquest was in his blood; he was never happy except on the march. "The greatest joy a man can know," he said, "is to conquer his enemies and drive them before...