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Beyond Shangri-La : America and Tibet's Move into the Twenty-First Century /

Beyond Shangri-La chronicles relations between the Tibetans and the United States since 1908, when a Dalai Lama first met with U.S. representatives. What was initially a distant alliance became more intimate and entangled in the late 1950s, when the Tibetan people launched an armed resistance moveme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knaus, John Kenneth (Autor)
Otros Autores: Robert, A. F. (Contribuidor), Thurman, Tenzin (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2012]
Colección:American encounters/global interactions : 39
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Washington Discovers the Hidden Land
  • 2. The Dalai Lama's Long Journey Home
  • 3. Beyond the Horizon
  • 4. The United States Sits Out
  • 5. Washington Discovers Tibet
  • 6. A Small Part of the Bigger Picture
  • 7. The United States Enters the Scene
  • 8. Washington and Lhasa Regroup
  • 9. On the Sidelines
  • 10. The Stalemate Breaks
  • 11. Promises Kept
  • 12. Tibet on the International Scene
  • 13. The United States Remains Involved
  • 14. New Commitments, New Problems, New Solutions
  • 15. A New Ballgame
  • 16. The United States and India as Allies
  • 17. The United States Disengages
  • 18. Rescue from Limbo
  • 19. America Rediscovers Tibet
  • 20. Collateral Diplomacy
  • 21. A New High in White House Support
  • 22. People- to- People Diplomacy
  • 23. An Uncertain Future
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Figure Credits
  • Index