Tibet in Agony : : Lhasa 1959 / / Jianglin Li.
The Chinese Communist government has twice invoked large-scale military might to crush popular uprisings in capital cities. The second incident—the notorious massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989—is well known. The first, thirty years earlier in Tibet, remains little understood today. Yet in wages of...
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Li, Jianglin, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Tibet in Agony : Lhasa 1959 / Jianglin Li. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017] ©2016 1 online resource (372 p.) : 30 halftones, 7 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Maps -- Prologue -- 1. The Seeds of War -- 2. Summit in Delhi -- 3. Tragedy at Lake Qinghai -- 4. Uneasy Spring in Lhasa -- 5. The Exorcists’ Dance at the Potala Palace -- 6. Peril at the Prayer Festival -- 7. The Dalai Lama May Not Bring Bodyguards -- 8. The Most Momentous Day in Tibetan History -- 9. The Undercover Men of Kham -- 10. Protect the Norbulingka! Protect the Dalai Lama! -- 11. The Gathering Clouds of War -- 12. A Secret Plan -- 13. Go! Go! Tonight! -- 14. The Night Ferry -- 15. Into the Himalayas -- 16. Battle at Daybreak -- 17. The Death of the Medicine Buddha -- 18. River of Blood -- 19. Inferno -- 20. Surrender, and Save the Temple! -- 21. The Aftermath -- 22. The Eternal Crossing -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary of Names -- Wylie Transliteration of Tibetan Names -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Chinese Communist government has twice invoked large-scale military might to crush popular uprisings in capital cities. The second incident—the notorious massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989—is well known. The first, thirty years earlier in Tibet, remains little understood today. Yet in wages of destruction, bloodshed, and trampling of human rights, the tragic toll of March 1959 surpassed Tiananmen. Tibet in Agony provides the first clear historical account of the Chinese crackdown in Lhasa. Sifting facts from the distortions of propaganda and partisan politics, Jianglin Li reconstructs a chronology of events that lays to rest lingering questions about what happened in those fate-filled days and why. Her story begins with throngs of Tibetan demonstrators who—fearful that Chinese authorities were planning to abduct the Dalai Lama, their beloved leader—formed a protective ring around his palace. On the night of March 17, he fled in disguise, only to reemerge in India weeks later to set up a government in exile. But no peaceful resolution awaited Tibet. The Chinese army soon began shelling Lhasa, inflicting thousands of casualties and ravaging heritage sites in the bombardment and the infantry onslaught that followed. Unable to resist this show of force, the Tibetans capitulated, putting Mao Zedong in a position to fulfill his long-cherished dream of bringing Tibet under the Communist yoke. Li’s extensive investigation, including eyewitness interviews and examination of classified government records, tells a gripping story of a crisis whose aftershocks continue to rattle the region today. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110638585 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674973688 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674973688 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674973688.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Maps -- Prologue -- 1. The Seeds of War -- 2. Summit in Delhi -- 3. Tragedy at Lake Qinghai -- 4. Uneasy Spring in Lhasa -- 5. The Exorcists’ Dance at the Potala Palace -- 6. Peril at the Prayer Festival -- 7. The Dalai Lama May Not Bring Bodyguards -- 8. The Most Momentous Day in Tibetan History -- 9. The Undercover Men of Kham -- 10. Protect the Norbulingka! Protect the Dalai Lama! -- 11. The Gathering Clouds of War -- 12. A Secret Plan -- 13. Go! Go! Tonight! -- 14. The Night Ferry -- 15. Into the Himalayas -- 16. Battle at Daybreak -- 17. The Death of the Medicine Buddha -- 18. River of Blood -- 19. Inferno -- 20. Surrender, and Save the Temple! -- 21. The Aftermath -- 22. The Eternal Crossing -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary of Names -- Wylie Transliteration of Tibetan Names -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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