Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the World

Part 1 Mongolia on the eve of the birth of Asia's greatest son - geography and climate; the tribes; Mongol society. Part 2 The rise of a young chief of the Borjigins - the emergence of an obscure tribe; the beginning of the elimination process. Part 3 Ruler of all tribes living in felt tents - the final overthrow of the Ong-Khan; west Mongolia yields to the new master; power and suspicion. Part 4 The Yasa - Genghis Khan's code of laws. Part 5 The Mongol army - organization; the Mongol cavalryman and the method of warfare; the strength of the Mongol army. Part 6 The rapacious barbarians at China's northern frontier - the art-loving sung buy peace; a careful beginning - the attack on Hsi-Hsia; the war without an end; Victor and vanquished. Part 7 The prelude - the rise of the Khwarazm shahs; contacts between the ruler of the west and the ruler of the east; the 'liberation' of east Turkestan; Ogodei, the successor to the throne. Part 8 The hurricane from the east - a giant with feet of clay; transoxiana overrun; the pursuit of Sultan Muhammad II; the destruction of the work of centuries. Part 9 The great raid - the cavalcade of terror; the first Mongol invasion of Russia. Part 10 After the storm - the world conqueror and the mountain savage; a broken world left behind. Part 11 The last campaign. Part 12 The world conqueror and his empire - the world conqueror; the empire. Part 13 In the footsteps of the father - the inheritance; the new ruler; the reconquest of Persia and Caucasia; the war in China continues; the martyrdom of the Korean people. Part 14 The Mongol invader in Europe - the end of the old Russia; central Europe on the edge of the abyss; the return to Mongolia. Part 15 The last phase of unity - "Toregene was a very shrewd and capable woman"; the apostolic nuncio; twilight of the Ogodeids.

Leo de Hartog is a Dutch specialist on Mongol history.

"...a welcome paperback edition of his classic account of the Mongol warlord." -David Seymour, Miltary Illustrated