A history of modern Tibet. Volume 2, The calm before the storm, 1951-1955 / Melvyn C. Goldstein.

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Goldstein, Melvyn C

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Goldstein, Melvyn C. History of modern Tibet, 1913-1951

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computer

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9780520933323
052093332X
9781435601956
1435601955
1282759523
9781282759527
9786612759529
6612759526

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Calm before the storm

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of modern Tibet. Volume 2, The calm before the storm, 1951-1955.DDC classification:

951/.5055 22

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DS786 .G635 2007eb

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Contents:

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON ROMANIZATION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY OF KEY PERSONS AND TERMS; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z; Introduction: Tibetan Society on the Eve of Incorporation into China; PART ONE. THE ROAD TO A SINO-TIBETAN AGREEMENT; 1. Chinese Perspectives: Radio Beijing; 2. Tibetan Perspectives: Contacts with the Chinese Communists; 3. Tibet Appeals to the United Nations; 4. Negotiations with Beijing; 5. The United States Intervenes; 6. The Dalai Lama Returns to Lhasa.

Summary: It is not possible to understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened during the 1950s. This book presents an understanding of that period. It furnishes portraits of these major players and unravels the fateful intertwining of Tibetan and Chinese politics against the backdrop of the Korean War.

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"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Preliminary page

Continues: A history of modern Tibet, 1913-1951 : the demise of the Lamaist state / Melvyn C. Goldstein; with the help of Gelek Rimpoche.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-604) and index.

It is not possible to understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened during the 1950s. This book presents an understanding of that period. It furnishes portraits of these major players and unravels the fateful intertwining of Tibetan and Chinese politics against the backdrop of the Korean War.