Beyond Shangri-La book
very good read it in 3 days Paperback Great book I have to admit I knew nothing about Tibet before reading it apart from the most important stuff regarding the Dalai Lama now I think I got a wide open view of the Chinese American Tibetan politics in the last century the struggle of the monks and their people to obtain freedom from China and the help they got from the Americans Of course U. PDF Beyond shangri-la S didn t do it only to preserve democracy but it s even true that the last 20 years politic of China towards its neighbors is a massive invasion of people and we can have an example of this type of politics even towards the Vitnamese and the Uygurians. Book Beyond shangri-la hotel THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS FOR THE PREVIEW Paperback Beyond Shangri La chronicles relations between the Tibetans and the United States since 1908 when a Dalai Lama first met with U. Book Beyond shangri-la hotel S representatives What was initially a distant alliance became intimate and entangled in the late 1950s when the Tibetan people launched an armed resistance movement against the Chinese occupiers The Tibetans fought to oust the Chinese and to maintain the presence of the current Dalai Lama and his direction of their country In 1958 John Kenneth Knaus volunteered to serve in a major CIA program to support the Tibetans For the next seven years as an operations officer working from India from Colorado and from Washington D. Beyond Shangri-La epubor he cooperated with the Tibetan rebels as they utilized American assistance to contest Chinese domination and to attain international recognition as an independent entity Since the late 1950s the rugged resolve of the Dalai Lama and his people and the growing respect for their efforts to free their homeland from Chinese occupation have made Tibet s political and cultural status a pressing issue in international affairs So has the realization by nations including the United States that their geopolitical interests would best be served by the defeat of the Chinese and the achievement of Tibetan self determination Beyond Shangri La provides unique insight into the efforts of the U: Beyond Shangri-La bookkeeping S citizens to support a free Tibet Beyond Shangri La America and Tibet s Move into the Twenty First Century American Encounters Global Interactions.