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On March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama slipped out of his summer palace, the Norbulingka, in disguise, evading detection both by the Chinese Communist authorities stationed in the city and by the thousands of Tibetan demonstrators who had gathered in the area, fearful that the Chinese were plotting to abduct their beloved leader. After a hair-raising trek across the Himalayas, he re-emerged weeks later in India, where he set up his government in exile. Soon after he left Lhasa, however, the Chinese People's Liberation Army pummeled the city in the savage "Battle of Lhasa." The poorly prepared Tibetans were forced to capitulate, putting Mao in a position to fulfill his long-held dream of imposing Communist rule over Tibet. Partisan politics has tended to overshadow history ever since these fateful developments. For decades, independent scholars have lacked the source materials necessary for evaluating these conflicting allegations and placing them in their proper historical context. Chinese sources, in particular, have remained shrouded in secrecy until quite recently. Meanwhile, unrest has continued to erupt periodically in Lhasa, which had its third major disturbance in 2008. What really happened in Lhasa in March 1959, and why did it happen? Tibet in Agony sets the historical record straight by extensive examination of Chinese and Tibetan sources, many of which are either new or have never before been used by independent scholars. From these sources emerges the first narrative to trace the crisis in Lhasa in March 1959 to its roots in Mao's plan to take over Tibet, and in the fears and suspicions that the step-by-step execution of his plan aroused among Tibetans.--

Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, --- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) --- China --- Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) --- Chine --- History --- Relations --- Politics and government --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- S24/0500 --- Tibet--History (incl. Relations with China and England) --- Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho, --- Uprising of 1959 (Tibet Autonomous Region, China) --- Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, --- Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) --- Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho --- Ngawang Lobsang Yishey Tenzing Gyatso, --- Dalai Lama --- Dantzenjiatso, --- Tenzing Gyatso, --- Lingerh Lamutanchu, --- Dhondup, Lhamo, --- Lhamo Tondrup, --- Tondrup, Lhamo, --- Gyatso, Tenzing, --- Lamutanchu, Lingerh, --- Ta-lai la ma --- Dalai la ma --- Tan-tzêng Chia-tsʻo, --- Tenzin Gyatsho, --- Gyatsho, Tenzin, --- Tenzin Gyatso, --- Gyatso, Tenzin, --- Sakyaʼi Dge-sbyon Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, --- Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Sakyaʼi Dge-sbyon, --- Đạt Lai Lạt Ma, --- Teng-chin-chia-shuo, --- Dengjinjiashuo, --- Tendzin Gyatso, --- Tenzin Gaytso, --- Gaytso, Tenzin, --- בּסתן־דז׳ין־רגיה־מצ׳ו, --- בסטן-ז'ין-רויא-משטו, --- ダライ ·ラマ, --- テンジン·ギャツォ, --- Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, --- Lhamo Dondrub, --- Dondrub, Lhamo, --- 丹增嘉措, --- Danzengjiacuo, --- Тензин Гяцо, --- Гяцо, Тензин, --- Tenzin Gi︠a︡t︠s︡o, --- Gi︠a︡t︠s︡o, Tenzin, --- Tändzin Gjamccho, --- Gjamccho, Tändzin, --- Džampal Ngawang Lozang Ješe Tändzin Gjamccho, --- Tendzin Gyatsho, --- Gyatsho, Tendzin, --- טנזין גיאטסו, --- גיאטסו, טנזין, --- Tenzins Gjaco, --- Gjaco, Tenzins, --- Tendzin Gyaco, --- Gyaco, Tendzin, --- Dzsepcun Dzsampal Ngagvang Loszang Jese Tendzin Gyaco, --- Тенцин Гјацо, --- Гјацо, Тенцин, --- Tencin Gjaco, --- Gjaco, Tencin, --- Tenzin Gjaco, --- Gjaco, Tenzin, --- Тензин Гјатсо, --- Гјатсо, Тензин, --- Tenzin Gjatso, --- Gjatso, Tenzin, --- Tibetan Autonomous Region (China) --- Hsi-tsang tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Xizang Zizhiqu (China) --- 西藏自治区 (China) --- Hsi-tsang tzu chih chʻü jen min cheng fu (China) --- Xizang Zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- TAR (China) --- Xizang Autonomous Region (China) --- Bod Raṅ-skyoṅ-ljoṅs (China) --- Bod (China) --- Sitsang (China) --- Tibet (China) --- Thibet (China) --- Tibet-Chamdo (China) --- Tübüt (China) --- Xizang (China) --- Tibet --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- Тибет (China) --- Tu̇vd (China) --- Tȯvȯd (China) --- 西藏 (China) --- HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia.