The Making of Modern Tibet, by Tom Grunfeld

An account of Tibet and the Tibetan people that emphasises the political history of the 20th century. This book attempts to reach beyond the polemics by considering the various historical arguments, using archival material from several nations and drawing conclusions focused on available documents.

Grunfeld is somewhat of an apologist for the Chinese, though he does fault them for the enormous damage they did, particularly during the Cultural Revolution, but that he is unsympathetic to the Dalai Lama is abundantly evident.