Jonathan S. Addleton served as a US Foreign Service officer in Mongolia twice, first as USAID mission director (2001–04) and then as ambassador (2009–12). Other assignments include development counselor at the US Mission to the European Union in Brussels; USAID mission director in Pakistan and Cambodia; and USAID program officer in Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Africa, and Yemen. He has written a number of articles on Asia as well as two previous books, Undermining the Center (Oxford University Press, 1992) and Some Far and Distant Place (University of Georgia Press, 1997). In 2012, he was awarded the Polar Star, Mongolia’s highest civilian honor for foreign citizens, for his role in strengthening ties between the United States and Mongolia. He is also the 2014 recipient of American Foreign Service Association’s Christian A. Herter Award for Constructive Dissent.

• Acronyms(第VII頁)
• Glossary of Mongolian Terms(第IX頁)
• Introduction(第XI頁)
• Chapter 1: Early Encounters(第1頁)
• Chapter 2: Establishing Diplomatic Relations(第17頁)
Chapter 3: Supporting Democracy(第37頁)
Chapter 4: Partnering on Development(第61頁)
Chapter 5: Building Commercial Ties(第87頁)
Chapter 6: Promoting Security(第101頁)
Chapter 7: Sustaining People-to-People Relationships(第117頁)
Chapter 8: Looking Ahead(第141頁)
Annexes(第151頁)
• Key Agreements between the United States and Mongolia, 1987–2012(第153頁)
• US Ambassadors and Heads of Agencies in Mongolia, 1987–2012(第155頁)
• US-Mongolia Joint Statement Issued at the White House, June 16, 2011(第157頁)
• US Senate Resolution on Mongolia, Sponsored by Senators Kerry, McCain, Murkowski, and Webb, June 17, 2011(第161頁)
Major Sources and Further Reading(第165頁)
Acknowledgments(第171頁)
Index(第175頁)
About the Author(第vi頁)