Dateline Mongolia: An American Journalist in Nomad's Land | 
pickThe Mongolia presented is one of a people struggling to emerge from the shadows of its superpower neighbours; fiercely proud of its own history as a former empire; torn between nomadic traditions and the needs of a settled urban economy; relishing the freedoms of democracy whilst abhorring the perceived increase in corruption, politically, culturally and morally, that for seem seem to be the dark price to be paid for those freedoms. 3/5 🌟
Some interesting historical info at the start of the book, then some relatively dull information about the author's daily routine, followed by rather more engaging reports of the criminal activities of "foreigners" to Mongolia. The author's observations on the transition from communism to democracy held my attention, but it's the shock of a political assassination that's lifted the book from its semi-doldrums. I'm up to page 108.
