Freeing Tibet [electronic resource] : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts.
Publication details: New York : AMACOM, c2009.Description: xxiii, 279 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780814409831
- 0814409830
- 951/.505 22
- DS786 .R568 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.