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When the iron bird flies : China's secret war in Tibet /

"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 luk...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Li, Jianglin, 1956- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mosher, Stacy (Traductor), Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The storm rising in the mountains
  • Rebellion sparked in the year of the Fire Monkey
  • Lithang : the fallen Buddha of the future
  • Chatreng : the broken mala
  • Nyarong : the wrath of the dragoness
  • The first bend in the Yellow River
  • Tibet : occupation and "reform"
  • The Chamdo pilot project and "six years without change"
  • Diplomatic clashes : Zhou Enlai, Nehru and the Dalai Lama
  • Obscure events in 1957
  • Gunshots in the Golok grasslands
  • The Yellow River massacre
  • Yulshul in flames
  • Bloodbath at Drongthil Gulch
  • The crossed-sword banner at Drigu Lake
  • The 1958 "religious reform movement"
  • Lhasa, the last hope
  • "Lhasa is no more!"
  • The battle of Lhoka
  • From Namtso to Mitikha
  • Encircling the plateau in the depths of winter
  • The men who fell from the sky
  • Chamdo's fight to the death
  • The life-or-death journey
  • When the iron horse raced across the plateau.