Tibet

by Arpi, Claude

• ISBN13: 9780981537849
• ISBN10: 0981537847
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-19
• Publisher: Lancer Pubs Llc

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Prologue	p. 11
Tibet: A Child of Indian Civilization	p. 23
The Priest-Patron Relationship	p. 33
The Troubled Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	p. 44
Tibet and British India	p. 54
From Younghusband Expedition to Simla	p. 70
The Happy Years of Independence	p. 91
The Last Free Years	p. 102
Relations with Independent India	p. 117
The Months before the Fateful Year of 1950	p. 137
The Negotiations That Never Were	p. 152
Tibet Invaded	p. 164
The International Betrayal	p. 172
The Debate in India	p. 190
The Tibet Policy	p. 200
The Panikkar Factor	p. 223
The Beginning of the End	p. 237
The New Changes	p. 257
The Panchsheel Agreement	p. 279
The Years of Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai	p. 293
The Recent Years	p. 306
Time to wake up to Chinese incursions	p. 316
Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 335
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Excerpts

Plunging deep into the history of the Roof of the World, this book introduces us to the one the greatest tragedies of modern times, its main characters as well as the forces moving them, consciously or unconsciously. The main 'knot' of our 'drama' took place in 1950. During this 'fateful' year the dies of fate were thrown. There are turning points in history when it is possible for events to go one way or another, - when the tides of time seem poised between the flood and the ebb, when fate awaits our choice to strike its glorious or somber note and destiny of an entire nation hangs on balance. The year 1950 was certainly one such crucial year in the destinies of India, Tibet and China. The three nations had the choice of going towards peace and collaboration, or tension and confrontation. Decisions can be made with all good intentions - as in the case of Nehru who believed in an 'eternal friendship' with China - or with less good motives as for Mao. Decisions can be made out of weakness, greed, pragmatism, ignorance or fear, but once a choice is made, consequences unfold for years and decades thereafter. The key to conflict or peace in Asia today lies on the Tibetan plateau. This study of the history of Tibet, a nation sandwiched between two giant neighbors, will help the student of geopolitics to grasp better the tumultuous relations between India and China, particularly the recent events in Tibet and the border dispute with China.