DECISIVE
Revered by the likes of Chaucer and Jefferson, the Mongol leader is dismissed today as merely a ruthless barbarian. So why did he succeed in the Middle East where we have so spectacularly failed?
Jack Weatherford is the author of Genghis Khan and the Quest for God.
Revered by the likes of Chaucer and Jefferson, the Mongol leader is dismissed today as merely a ruthless barbarian. So why did he succeed in the Middle East where we have so spectacularly failed?