The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 by Tsering Shakya
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Overview: Based entirely on unpublished primary sources, Tsering Shakya’s groundbreaking history of modern Tibet shatters the popular conception of the country as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments.
Shakya gives a balanced, blow-by-blow account of Tibet’s ongoing struggle to maintain its independence and safeguard its cultural identity while being sandwiched between the heavyweights of Asian geopolitics: Britain, India, China, and the United States. With thorough documentation, Shakya details the Chinese depredations of Tibet, and reveals the failures of the Tibetan leadership’s divided strategies.
Rising above the simplistic dualism so often found in accounts of Tibet’s contested recent history, The Dragon in the Land of Snows lucidly depicts the tragedy that has befallen Tibet and identifies the conflicting forces that continue to shape the aspirations of the Tibetan people today.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History > Cultural > Tibet > Buddhism
The book is also the first to provide detailed accounts of:
► The covert political manoeuverings in Tibet and the role of the Tibetan, Chinese and British governments;
► The Dalai Lama’s escape in 1959;
► The CIA’s involvement and the establishment of a secret military base in the Nepalese Himalayas;
► The British government lying to the UN and Douglas Hurd’s role in that process;
► The power struggles during the Cultural Revolution and the mass uprising against the Chinese that has remained secret until now.
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