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Freeing Tibet : 50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope.
Title:
Freeing Tibet : 50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope.
Author:
ROBERTS, John B.
ISBN:
9780814413753
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: STRUGGLE -- 1 Warriors of the Fortress of Faith -- 2 The Tennis Champion of Darjeeling -- 3 The Dharma Beatniks and the Island of the Dead -- 4 All Tsampa Eaters Must Stand Together -- 5 The Dalai Lama's Great Escape -- 6 Eisenhower Expands the Covert War -- 7 Hearts and Minds -- 8 America's Secret Bay of Pigs -- PART TWO: RESILIENCE -- 9 Wheels Within Wheels -- 10 Cultural Revolutions -- 11 Nixon Embraces China -- 12 Counterculture to the Rescue -- PART THREE: HOPE -- 13 The Dalai Lama Finds a Middle Way -- 14 The 1990s: The Tibetan Movement Goes Global -- 15 The Tibetan National Uprising of 2008 -- 16 The Last Dalai Lama? -- 17 What Is to Be Done to Free Tibet? -- Appendix: NSC Directive 5412/2 -- About Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
The rich, epic, and harrowing story of one country's unrelenting fight for autonomy.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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