A History of Modern Tibet, volume 2 The Calm before the Storm 1951-1955 [Paperback]

It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happenedand whyduring the 1950s. In a book that continues the story of Tibet's history that he began in his acclaimedA History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State,Melvyn C. Goldstein critically revises our understanding of that key period in midcentury. This authoritative account utilizes new archival material, including never before seen documents, and extensive interviews with Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama, and with Chinese officials. Goldstein furnishes fascinating and sometimes surprising portraits of these major players as he deftly unravels the fateful intertwining of Tibetan and Chinese politics against the backdrop of the Korean War, the tenuous Sino-Soviet alliance, and American cold war policy.

Melvyn C. Goldsteinis John Reynolds Harkness Professor in Anthropology and Codirector of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of many books on Tibet includingA Tibetan Revolutionary The Political Life and Times of Bapa Ph?ntso Wangye(with Dawei Sherap and William R. Siebenschuh),Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: A Reading Course and Reference Grammar, and A History of Modern Tibet, 19131951,all published by UC Press.

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Romanization
List of Abbreviations
Glossary of Key Persons and Terms
Introduction: Tibetan Society on the Eve of Incorporation into China

PART ONE: THE ROAD TO A SINO-TIBETAN AGREEMENT
1. Chinese Perspectives
2. Tibetan Perspectives
3. Tibet Appeals to the United Nations
4. Negotiations with Beijing
5. The United States Intervenes
6. The Dalai Lama Returns to Lhasa

PART TWO: THE FIRST TWO YEARS: CONFRONTATION AND ADJUSTMENT
7. Initial Contacts and Strategies