Tibet : an unfinished story / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper.

London : Hurst and Company, 2014.

Halper, Lezlee Brown. author.

Halper, Stefan A. author.

01-01-2014

xxii, 367 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.

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Tibet

Power (International relations)

United States

China

India

Dalai Lama

Diplomatic relations

Political conditions

Foreign opinion

History

Overseas item

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- 1951-

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951-

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-353) and index.

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Part I -- 1.Early Beginnings: The Western Imagination -- 2.Sir Francis Younghusband: Soldier, Visionary, Romantic -- 3.British and Nazi Versions of Tibet -- 4.Stilwell, the Burma Hump, and the OSS -- 5.Truman 1945-1948 -- 6.The Iron Triangle: the China Lobby, the Red Scare, and the Catholic Church -- 7.Truman and India -- 8.Tibetan Independence: Resting upon a Three-Legged Stool -- 9.The Matter of Tibet's Status -- 10.Lowell Thomas in Tibet -- 11.Major Douglas Mackiernan: A Tragic Incident -- 12.`The Bearded Khampa': Tibet's Paul Revere -- 13.1950: The PLA Invades Korea and Tibet -- 14.Nehru's Non-Alignment, the Korean War, and Tibet -- 15.The Dalai Lama and Henderson's Plan -- 16.Mr Nehru ... Again -- 17.Formosa: The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier -- Part II -- 18.The Eisenhower Era -- 19.Pakistan: A New American Ally -- 20.The Panchsheel Agreement: An Indo-Chinese Condominium -- 21.Nehru's Bid for Global Prominence --Contents note continued: 22.NSC Directive 5412: Structuring CIA Operations -- 23.Mobilizing Religion -- 24.Meanwhile, a World Away... -- 25.The Enigmatic Gyalo Thondup -- 26.Washington's Clandestine Program in Tibet -- 27.The South Asian Rubik's Cube -- 28.The Dalai Lama Leaves Tibet -- 29.Tibet at the United Nations -- 30.The Dalai Lama, Nehru, and the Chinese: A Difficult Mix -- 31.Conclusion -- 32.Postscript.

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