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Tibet in Agony : Lhasa 1959 /
The Chinese Communist government has twice invoked large-scale military might to crush popular uprisings in capital cities. The second incident-the notorious massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989-is well known. The first, thirty years earlier in Tibet, remains little understood today. Yet in wages of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the English Edition
- Maps
- Prologue
- 1. The Seeds of War
- 2. Summit in Delhi
- 3. Tragedy at Lake Qinghai
- 4. Uneasy Spring in Lhasa
- 5. The Exorcists' Dance at the Potala Palace
- 6. Peril at the Prayer Festival
- 7. The Dalai Lama May Not Bring Bodyguards
- 8. The Most Momentous Day in Tibetan History
- 9. The Undercover Men of Kham
- 10. Protect the Norbulingka! Protect the Dalai Lama!
- 11. The Gathering Clouds of War
- 12. A Secret Plan
- 13. Go! Go! Tonight!
- 14. The Night Ferry
- 15. Into the Himalayas
- 16. Battle at Daybreak
- 17. The Death of the Medicine Buddha
- 18. River of Blood
- 19. Inferno
- 20. Surrender, and Save the Temple!
- 21. The Aftermath
- 22. The Eternal Crossing
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Glossary of Names
- Wylie Transliteration of Tibetan Names
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index