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Author : Lowell Thomas
Publisher : London : Secker & Warburg
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Silent War in Tibet written by Lowell Thomas and published by London : Secker & Warburg. This book was released on 1959 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCOTT (copy 1) From the John Holmes Library collection.
Author : Lowell Thomas (jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book The Silent War in Tibet written by Lowell Thomas (jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Lowell Jackson Thomas (the Younger.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (314 download)
Download or read book The Silent War in Tibet. [With Plates, Including Portraits, and an Endpaper Map.]. written by Lowell Jackson Thomas (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Kenneth Knaus
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 9781891620850
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Orphans of the Cold War written by John Kenneth Knaus and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2000-04-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We also meet Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's older brother and perhaps Tibet's greatest behind-the-scenes activist; his equally dedicated brother Takster Rimpoche; Gyalo's lifelong friend and the unsung hero of the resistance, Lhamo Tsering; Gompo Tashi, the Khampa trader who unified his sometimes fractious countrymen to present an organized challenge to the Chinese; and the ordinary Tibetans who bravely returned to support their fellow insurgents inside Tibet.
Author : Carole McGranahan
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822392976
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Arrested Histories written by Carole McGranahan and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, thousands of ordinary Tibetans rose up to defend their country and religion against Chinese troops. Their citizen army fought through 1974 with covert support from the Tibetan exile government and the governments of India, Nepal, and the United States. Decades later, the story of this resistance is only beginning to be told and has not yet entered the annals of Tibetan national history. In Arrested Histories, the anthropologist and historian Carole McGranahan shows how and why histories of this resistance army are “arrested” and explains the ensuing repercussions for the Tibetan refugee community. Drawing on rich ethnographic and historical research, McGranahan tells the story of the Tibetan resistance and the social processes through which this history is made and unmade, and lived and forgotten in the present. Fulfillment of veterans’ desire for recognition hinges on the Dalai Lama and “historical arrest,” a practice in which the telling of certain pasts is suspended until an undetermined time in the future. In this analysis, struggles over history emerge as a profound pain of belonging. Tibetan cultural politics, regional identities, and religious commitments cannot be disentangled from imperial histories, contemporary geopolitics, and romanticized representations of Tibet. Moving deftly from armed struggle to nonviolent hunger strikes, and from diplomatic offices to refugee camps, Arrested Histories provides powerful insights into the stakes of political engagement and the cultural contradictions of everyday life.
Author : Jianglin Li
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503629791
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)
Download or read book When the Iron Bird Flies written by Jianglin Li and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An untold story that reshapes our understanding of Chinese and Tibetan history From 1956 to 1962, devastating military conflicts took place in China's southwestern and northwestern regions. Official record at the time scarcely made mention of the campaign, and in the years since only lukewarm acknowledgment of the violence has surfaced. When the Iron Bird Flies, by Jianglin Li, breaks this decades long silence to reveal for the first time a comprehensive and explosive picture of the six years that would prove definitive in modern Tibetan and Chinese history. The CCP referred to the campaign as "suppressing the Tibetan rebellion." It would lead to the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in India, as well as the Tibetan diaspora in 1959, though the battles lasted three additional years after these events. Featuring key figures in modern Chinese history, the battles waged in this period covered a vast geographical region. This book offers a portrait of chaos, deception, heroism, and massive loss. Beyond the significant death toll across the Tibetan regions, the war also destroyed most Tibetan monasteries in a concerted effort to eradicate local religion and scholarship. Despite being considered a military success, to this day, the operations in the agricultural regions remain unknown. As large numbers of Tibetans have self-immolated in recent years to protest Chinese occupation, Li shows that the largest number of cases occurred in the sites most heavily affected by this hidden war. She argues persuasively that the events described in this book will shed more light on our current moment, and will help us understand the unrelenting struggle of the Tibetan people for their freedom.
Author : Lowell Thomas
Publisher : London : Secker & Warburg
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Silent War in Tibet written by Lowell Thomas and published by London : Secker & Warburg. This book was released on 1959 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCOTT (copy 1) From the John Holmes Library collection.
Author : Michel Peissel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780316697903
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (979 download)
Download or read book The Secret War in Tibet written by Michel Peissel and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lowell Thomas Jr.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787207544
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Out of This World written by Lowell Thomas Jr. and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1949, renowned travel writer Lowell Thomas, Jr., along with his father, the American writer and broadcaster best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous, was invited by the Tibetan government to make a film there, in the hope that their reports would help persuade the U.S. government to defend Tibet against the Chinese. The trip lasted 400 days, and the father-and-son team were the last Westerners to reach Lhasa before the Chinese invasion and occupation. The trek garnered worldwide attention when Lowell Thomas, Jr. succeeded in getting his father safely across the Himalayas to India after a serious accident on a 17,000-foot pass. Out of This World, which was first published in 1950 and became a bestseller, tells the story of this journey that the author describes as “a climax to his father’s lifetime of adventure” and “probably the greatest travel adventure I will ever have”. A thoroughly gripping autobiography.
Author : John B. ROBERTS
Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
ISBN 13 : 0814413757
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Freeing Tibet written by John B. ROBERTS and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2009-02-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March of 1959, a 23-year-old Tibetan youth named Tenzin Gyatso burst onto the world stage. Fleeing his native country to govern in exile from India, the Dalai Lama would go on to become one of the great leaders of our time. Then, in March 2008, the diplomat, icon, and winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize was blamed for inciting violence in Tibet’s traditional capital of Lhasa. As 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s rule in exile, the situation in Tibet has become more volatile than ever. Now, China must decide if it will give Tibet the right to govern itself and what the consequences will be for its economy and its place on the world stage. Freeing Tibet is the incredible, heroic story of Tibet’s arduous struggle to keep freedom alive. From the national uprising in 1959, which cost more than 85,000 Tibetans their lives, to the rise of the Tibetan freedom fighters; the aftereffects of Nixon’s historic visit to China, and preparations for the Dalai Lama’s successor, this seminal history offers an insider’s view of the 50-year struggle for autonomy. As a former Reagan White House political strategist, author John B. Roberts has had unprecedented access to the Dalai Lama’s inner circle. Based on interviews with CIA and political insiders, this epic story gives readers a new understanding of a conflict that continues to fascinate the world. Timely, impeccably researched, and hopeful, this is the book that will change the way we understand Tibet.
Author : Kenneth Conboy
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700617884
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The CIA's Secret War in Tibet written by Kenneth Conboy and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2002-04-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades, symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama. But the story of Tibetan resistance weaves a far richer tapestry than anyone might have imagined. Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison reveal how America's Central Intelligence Agency encouraged Tibet's revolt against China-and eventually came to control its fledgling resistance movement. While the CIA's presence in Tibet has been alluded to in other works, the authors provide the first comprehensive, as well as most compelling account of this little known agency enterprise. The CIA's Secret War in Tibet takes readers from training camps in the Colorado Rockies to the scene of clandestine operations in the Himalayas, chronicling the agency's help in securing the Dalai Lama's safe passage to India and subsequent initiation of one of the most remote covert campaigns of the Cold War. Establishing a rebel army in the northern Nepali kingdom of Mustang and a para-commando force in India designed to operate behind Chinese lines, Conboy and Morrison provide previously unreported details about secret missions undertaken in extraordinarily harsh conditions. Their book greatly expands on previous memoirs by CIA officials by putting virtually every major agency participant on record with details of clandestine operations. It also calls as witnesses the people who managed and fought in the program-including Tibetan and Nepalese agents, Indian intelligence officers, and even mission aircrews. Conboy and Morrison take pains to tell the story from all perspectives, particularly that of the former Tibetan guerrillas, many of whom have gone on record here for the first time. The authors also tell how Tibet led America and India to become secret partners over the course of several presidential administrations and cite dozens of Indian and Tibetan intelligence documents directly related to these covert operations. Ultimately, they are persuasive that the Himalayan operations were far more successful as a proving ground for CIA agents who were later reassigned to southeast Asia than as a staging ground for armed rebellion. As the movement for Tibetan liberation continues to attract international support, Tibet's status remains a contentious issue in both Washington and Beijing. This book takes readers inside a covert war fought with Tibetan blood and U.S. sponsorship and allows us to better understand the true nature of that controversy.
Author : Allan Maberly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (791 download)
Download or read book God Spoke Tibetan written by Allan Maberly and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Antonio Attisani
Publisher : Mimesis
ISBN 13 : 8869764249
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)
Download or read book The theatre of Tibet written by Antonio Attisani and published by Mimesis. This book was released on 2024-04-05T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he theatrical culture of Tibet is probably the last to remain virtually unknown to the outside world, and to the West in particular. As well as describing the current situation of studies on Tibetan theatre, the current volume also provides an essay on imagination and how it is concretely manifested by the Tibetan people and their actors. Recent decades have seen radical change for Tibetan theatre, ache lhamo, now performed by a diaspora for whom a declining artistic and technical change derives from an uncertain politics concerning secular and popular culture, as well as the ongoing cultural genocide caused by China’s subjection of Tibet.
Author : M. G. Chitkara
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788170249306
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Buddhism, Reincarnation, and Dalai Lamas of Tibet written by M. G. Chitkara and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Buddhist theory of reincarnation based on the system of recognizing the Dalai Lamas.
Author : Jianglin Li
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674088891
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Tibet in Agony written by Jianglin Li and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1959 the Dalai Lama emerged in India, where he set up his government in exile. Soon after he left Lhasa the Chinese People's Liberation Army pummeled the city in the "Battle of Lhasa." The Tibetans were forced to capitulate, putting Mao in a position to impose Communist rule over Tibet
Author : Heinrich Harrer
Publisher : Tarcher
ISBN 13 : 9780874772173
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Seven Years in Tibet written by Heinrich Harrer and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1982 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. Harrer was traveling in India when the Second World War erupted. He was subsequently seized and imprisoned by British authorities. After several attempts, he escaped and crossed the rugged, frozen Himalayas, surviving by duping government officials and depending on the generosity of villagers for food and shelter.Harrer finally reached his ultimate destination-the Forbidden City of Lhasa-without money, or permission to be in Tibet. But Tibetan hospitality and his own curious appearance worked in Harrer's favor, allowing him unprecedented acceptance among the upper classes. His intelligence and European ways also intrigued the young Dalai Lama, and Harrer soon became His Holiness's tutor and trusted confidant. When the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1950, Harrer and the Dalai Lama fled the country together.This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of Tibetans. It is a must-read for lovers of travel, adventure, history, and culture. A motion picture, under the direction of Jean-Jacques Annaud, will feature Brad Pitt in the lead role of Heinrich Harrer.
Author : A.Tom Grunfeld
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317455843
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book The Making of Modern Tibet written by A.Tom Grunfeld and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Tibet and the Tibetan people that emphasises the political history of the 20th century. This book attempts to reach beyond the polemics by considering the various historical arguments, using archival material from several nations and drawing conclusions focused on available documents.
