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Author:

Johnson, Tim, 1957-

Title:

Tragedy in crimson : how the Dalai Lama conquered the world but lost the battle with China / Tim Johnson.

Publisher:

Nation Books,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xv, 333 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Tibet (China)--Relations--China
China--Relations--Tibet.--Tibet.
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,--Dalai Lama XIV,--1935-
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,--Dalai Lama XIV,--1935---Political and social views.
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,--Dalai Lama XIV,--1935---Travel--United States.
Johnson, Tim,--1957---Travel--Tibet.--Tibet.
Tibet (China)--Description and travel.
Tibet (China)--Social life and customs.
Tibet (China)--Politics and government--1951-
China--Politics and government--1949-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The big gamble -- On Tibet's periphery -- Riding the rails to Tibet -- Holy city or devil's land -- Over the Himalayas -- Dharamsala -- The Karmapa -- The princess -- Wolves at the door -- Getting religion -- A "simple Buddhist monk" -- Thwarting the Dalai Lama -- Hollywood versus Wal-Mart -- Epilogue: China's "totally correct" policies.

Summary:

"Tragedy in Crimson" is award-winning journalist Tim Johnson's extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet.

ISBN:

1568586019 (alk. paper)
9781568586014 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)535492246

LCCN:

2010037497

Locations:

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

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)