Hardcover with DC, 284 pages, bw plates, Garden City 1959, First E£dition, good+, DC with tears
This is the unknown story of the most remote and romantic nation in its struggle against the modern might of China. Written by Lowell Thomas, Jr., who has visited Tibet, the account spells out both the history and the events which are part of the struggle in Tibet. The author makes it possible for the reader to understand this strife-ridden land and its people.
Mr. Thomas describes the brutal Chinese Communist invasion of Tibet beginning in 1950, the conflicting influence of the Dalai Lama--spiritual leader of millions of Tibetans--and the Panchen Lama--a Communist puppet, the street-broadcast propaganda, the attack on the lamaseries, and the failure of the Communists to win the support of Tibetans despite such projects as the building of schools, hospitals, and roads.