When the iron bird flies : China's secret war in Tibet / Jianglin Li ; translated by Stacy Mosher ;...
When the iron bird flies : China's secret war in Tibet / Jianglin Li ; translated by Stacy Mosher ;...
When the iron bird flies : China's secret war in Tibet / Jianglin Li ; translated by Stacy Mosher ; with a foreword by the Dalai Lama.
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Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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G 2021/3035
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English
Chinese
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Physical content
xxi, 550 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The storm rising in the mountains -- Rebellion sparked in the year of the Fire Monkey -- Lithang : the fallen Buddha of the future -- Chatreng : the broken mala -- Nyarong : the wrath of the dragoness -- The first bend in the Yellow River -- Tibet : occupation and "reform" -- The Chamdo pilot projec...
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Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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California
Date Published
[2022]
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Summary
"An untold story that reshapes our understanding of Chinese and Tibetan history. From 1956 to 1962, devastating military conflicts took place in China's southwestern and northwestern regions. Official record at the time scarcely made mention of the campaign, and in the years since only lukewarm acknowledgment of the violence has surfaced. When the...
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When the iron bird flies : China's secret war in Tibet / Jianglin Li ; translated by Stacy Mosher ; with a foreword by the Dalai Lama.
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"A previous version was published in Chinese under the title Dang tieniao zai tiankong feixiang: 1956-1962 qingzang gaoyuan shang de mimi zhanzheng ©2012 by Lianjing chuban gongsi."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-536) and index.
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Translated from the Chinese.
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©2022
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G 2021/3035
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74VKarWdAwbg
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ISBN
150361509X
9781503615090
DDC
951.505
MMS ID
991024444016602626
