Freeing Tibet : 50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope
First Statement of Responsibility
\ John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: AMACOM
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxiii, 279 p., [16] p. of plates
Other Physical Details
: ill., maps.
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Code E.Book: 11126
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CONTENTS NOTE
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Part One. Struggle -- Warriors of the fortress of faith -- The tennis champion of Darjeeling -- The dharma beatniks and the island of the dead -- All tsampa eaters must stand together -- The Dalai Lama's great escape -- Eisenhower expands the covert war -- Hearts and minds -- America's secret Bay of Pigs -- Part Two. Resilience -- Wheels within wheels -- Cultural revolutions -- Nixon embraces China -- Counterculture to the rescue -- Part Three. Hope -- The Dalai Lama finds a middle way -- The 1990s: the Tibetan movement goes global -- The Tibetan national uprising of 2008 -- The last Dalai Lama? -- What is to be done to free Tibet?