ISBN10: 0231118147, ISBN13: 9780231118149, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover This definitive history of modern Tibet -- based entirely on unpublished primary sources and written by a Western-educated Tibetan author -- shatters the popular perception of Tibet as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments and rises above the simplistic dualism so often encountered in accounts of Tibet's contested recent history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 17 photos; 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998. . 1999. Hardback. . . . .
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ISBN10: 0231118147, ISBN13: 9780231118149, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Since 1950, Tibet has been sandwiched between the heavyweights of Asian geopolitics: Britain, absolving itself of its colonial dominion; India, finding its legs as a newly independent nation; China, seeking to simultaneously consolidate its new communist regime and engender a "motherland"; and the United States, striving to contain the perceived threat of international communism. Tsering Shakya here gives a balanced, blow-by-blow account of Tibet's desperate attempts to maintain her independence and safeguard her cultural identity.The Dragon in the Land of Snows provides the first detailed account of the behind-the-scenes political developments in Tibet and the Tibetan, Chinese, and British personalities involved; the first complete account of the CIA's involvement in Tibet and the establishment of a secret military base in the Nepalese Himalayas; the first description of Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's involvement following the Chinese invasion, and his failure to recognize the truth of what was happening in Tibet; the first account of the power struggles during the Cultural Revolution and of the mass uprising against the Chinese that has remained secret until now; the first detailed account of the negotiations between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government during the late 1970s and early 1980s; and the first full ...

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ISBN10: 0231118147, ISBN13: 9780231118149, [publisher: Irvington, New York, U.S.A.: Columbia Univ Pr] Hardcover First Edition A History of Tibet since 1947 bsed on many unpublished sources.574pp
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ISBN10: 0231118147, ISBN13: 9780231118149, [publisher: Columbia University Press, U.S.A.] Hardcover U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1999 574 pp with 6 maps and 8 B&W plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. Now in protective mylar. #001711. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
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