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Author Roberts, John B., II

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

Publication Info. New York : AMACOM, [2009]
©2009

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  951.5 ROB    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  951.505 ROBERTS    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  951.5 ROB    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  951.505 RO    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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?
Subject Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Added Author Roberts, Elizabeth A.
ISBN 9780814409831
0814409830
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