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Tibet : an unfinished story /
"The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue
- Introduction
- PART I
- 1. Earliest Beginnings in the Western Imagination
- 2. Sir Francis Younghusband : Soldier, Visionary, Romantic
- 3. British and Nazi Versions of the Tibetan Image
- 4. Stilwell, the Burma Hump, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
- 5. The First Truman Administration
- 6. The Iron Triangle : the China Lobby, the Red Scare, and the Catholic Church
- 7. Truman and India
- 8. Tibetan Independence : Resting upon a Three-Legged Stool
- 9. The Matter of Tibet's Status
- 10. Lowell Thomas in Tibet
- 11. Major Douglas Mackiernan : A Tragic Incident
- 12. "The Bearded Khampa" : Tibet's Paul Revere
- 13. 1950 : The PLA Invades Korea and Tibet
- 14. Nehru's Non-Alignment, the Korean War, and Tibet
- 15. The Dalai Lama and Henderson's Plan
- 16. Mr. Nehru Again
- 17. Formosa : The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier
- PART II
- 18. The Eisenhower Era
- 19. Pakistan : A New American Ally
- 20. The Panchsheel Agreement : An Indo-Chinese Condominium
- 21. Nehru's Bid for Global Prominence
- 22. NSC Directive 5412 : Structuring CIA Operations
- 23. Mobilizing Religion
- 24. Meanwhile, a World Away
- 25. Gyalo Thondup : A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma
- 26. Washington's Covert Program in Tibet
- 27. The South Asian Rubik Cube
- 28. The Dalai Lama Leaves Tibet
- 29. Tibet and the United Nations
- 30. The Dalai Lama, Nehru, and the Chinese : A Difficult Mix
- 31. Conclusion
- 32. Postscript
- Appendix: Seventeen-Point Plan for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (1951).