The Silent War in Tibet

Fülszöveg

THE
SILENT WAR
IN
TIBET
. .Tibetans resisted the occupation from the start and they continue to resist even now. The struggle has developed into a bittér war. Large-sized units are engaged in almost constant conflict. En-tire armies can be lost in the vast and rugged terrain. Battles are waged at heights ihat make the breath come in tortured gasps. Modern planes and the latest automatic weapons are used, but so are chain mail and broadswords.
"It is a strange war. Victory or defeat has little meaning in it. Territory is occu-pied and retaken, but the consequences have little strategic value. Time alsó seems to have small importance, and presumably the fighting will continue indefinitely. Resistance to oppression is the root of the conflict, but somé of the specific issues are almost beyond the comprehension of Westerners.
"Finally, it is a silent war. "
Here is the penetrating exploration behind the all-too-confusing news coming out of Communist-besieged Tibet. Writ-... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE
SILENT WAR
IN
TIBET
. .Tibetans resisted the occupation from the start and they continue to resist even now. The struggle has developed into a bittér war. Large-sized units are engaged in almost constant conflict. En-tire armies can be lost in the vast and rugged terrain. Battles are waged at heights ihat make the breath come in tortured gasps. Modern planes and the latest automatic weapons are used, but so are chain mail and broadswords.
"It is a strange war. Victory or defeat has little meaning in it. Territory is occu-pied and retaken, but the consequences have little strategic value. Time alsó seems to have small importance, and presumably the fighting will continue indefinitely. Resistance to oppression is the root of the conflict, but somé of the specific issues are almost beyond the comprehension of Westerners.
"Finally, it is a silent war. "
Here is the penetrating exploration behind the all-too-confusing news coming out of Communist-besieged Tibet. Writ-
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ten by Lowell Thomas, Jr., who has visited Tibet, the account spells out both the recent history and the immediate events which are a part of the struggle going on in Tibet today. The author makes it possible for the reader to under-stand this strife-ridden land and its people.
Mr. Thomas describes the brutal Chinese Communist invasion of Tibet beginning in 1950, the conflicting influ-ence 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 Com-munists to win the support of Tibetans despite such projects as the building of schools, hospitals, and roads.
The Silent War in Tibet shows what threat the Chinese occupation forces in Tibet pose to the Nepál and Indián borders, the effects of the flight to India of the Dalai Lama on the Tibetan people, and the lessons to the rest of the world found in the conquest of Tibet by the Communists.
Tibet's story is one of intrigue, cor-ruption, and nobility of spirit. With the future of this exotic kingdom, a wild land where each man believes in his own rein-carnation, at a crucial point in history, this book fills a great need for accurate information.
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