Freeing Tibet
Subtitle: 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope
By: by John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts.
Contributors: Roberts, Elizabeth A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: AMACOM Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780814409831
Subjects: Tibet (China) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Struggle; title: Warriors of the fortress of faith; title: The tennis champion of Darjeeling; title: The dharma beatniks and the island of death; title: All tsampa eaters must stand together; title: The Dalai Lama's great escape; title: Eisenhower expands the covert war; title: Heart and minds; title: America's secret bay of pigs; title: Part Two. Resilience; title: Wheels within wheels; title: Cultural revolutions; title: Nixon embraces China; title: Counter-culture to the rescue; title: Part Three. Hope; title: The Dalai Lama finds a middle way; title: The nineties: Tibetan movement goes global; title: The Tibetan national uprising of 2008; title: The last Dalai Lama?; title: What is to be done to free Tibet?