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Author:

Roberts, John B.

Title:

Freeing Tibet : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts.

Publisher:

AMACOM,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxiii, 279 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Tibet (China)--Autonomy and independence movements.--Autonomy and independence movements.

Other Authors:

Roberts, Elizabeth A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index.

Contents:

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?

ISBN:

0814409830
9780814409831

LCCN:

2008042427

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

XJPC657 -- Malvern Public Library (Malvern)