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UNINA9910791300003321 |
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Autore |
Halper Lezlee Brown |
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Tibet : an unfinished story / / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (406 p.) |
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Myth - Political aspects - History - 20th century |
World politics - 1945-1989 |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) History 1951- |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Foreign relations 20th century |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Strategic aspects |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Foreign public opinion, Western |
India Foreign relations China |
China Foreign relations India |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1953 |
United States Foreign relations 1953-1961 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Prologue -- Introduction -- PART I -- 1. Earliest Beginnings in the Western Imagination -- 2. Sir Francis Younghusband : Soldier, Visionary, Romantic -- 3. British and Nazi Versions of the Tibetan Image -- 4. Stilwell, the Burma Hump, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) -- 5. The First Truman Administration -- 6. The Iron Triangle : the China Lobby, the Red Scare, and the Catholic Church -- 7. Truman and India -- 8. Tibetan Independence : Resting upon a Three-Legged Stool -- 9. The Matter of Tibet's Status -- 10. Lowell Thomas in Tibet -- 11. Major Douglas Mackiernan : A Tragic Incident -- 12. "The Bearded Khampa" : Tibet's Paul Revere -- 13. 1950 : The PLA Invades Korea and Tibet -- 14. Nehru's Non-Alignment, the Korean War, and Tibet -- 15. The Dalai Lama and Henderson's Plan -- 16. Mr. Nehru Again -- 17. Formosa : The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier -- PART |
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II -- 18. The Eisenhower Era -- 19. Pakistan : A New American Ally -- 20. The Panchsheel Agreement : An Indo-Chinese Condominium -- 21. Nehru's Bid for Global Prominence -- 22. NSC Directive 5412 : Structuring CIA Operations -- 23. Mobilizing Religion -- 24. Meanwhile, a World Away -- 25. Gyalo Thondup : A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma -- 26. Washington's Covert Program in Tibet -- 27. The South Asian Rubik Cube -- 28. The Dalai Lama Leaves Tibet -- 29. Tibet and the United Nations -- 30. The Dalai Lama, Nehru, and the Chinese : A Difficult Mix -- 31. Conclusion -- 32. Postscript -- Appendix: Seventeen-Point Plan for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (1951). |
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"The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history"-- |
"Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, Lost Horizon, remains an inspirational fantasy, a modern morality play about the failure of brutality to subdue the human spirit. Tibet also exercises immense 'soft power' as one of the lenses through which the world views China. This book traces the origins and manifestations of the Tibetan myth, as propagated by Younghusband, Madam Blavatsky, Himmler, Acheson and Roosevelt. The authors discuss how, after WW2, Tibet-- isolated, misunderstood and with a tiny elite unschooled in political-military realities--misread the diplomacy between its two giant neighbours, India and China, forlornly hoping London or Washington might intervene. China's People's Liberation Army sought nothing less than to deconstruct traditional Tibet, unseat the Dalai Lama and 'absorb' this vast region into the People's Republic, and Lhasa succumbed to China's invasion in 1950. Drawing on declassified CIA and Chinese documents, the authors reveal Mao's collusion with Stalin to subdue Tibet, double-dealing by Nehru, the brilliant diplomacy of Chou en Lai and how Washington see-sawed between the China lobby, who insisted there be no backing for an independent Tibet, and Presidents Truman and later Eisenhower, who initiated a covert CIA programme to support the Dalai Lama and resist Chinese occupation. It is an ignoble saga with few, if any, heroes, other than ordinary Tibetans"-- |
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UNINA9910972483903321 |
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Mapping Eastleigh for Christian-Muslim relations / / edited by C.B. Peter, Joseph M. Wandera, Willem J.E. Jansen |
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Limuru, Kenya, : Zapf Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd., 2013 |
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9789966040633 |
9966040633 |
9789966040626 |
9966040625 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (100 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PeterC. B |
WanderaJoseph |
JansenWillem J. E |
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Christianity and other religions - Islam |
Islam - Relations - Christianity |
Christianity - Kenya - Eastleigh |
Islam - Kenya - Eastleigh |
Kenya Politics and government |
Kenya |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""INTRODUCTION - Mapping this Book""; ""CHAPTER ONE - Mapping the Contexts of Eastleigh""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""A Short History of Eastleigh""; ""Demography of Eastleigh""; ""Socio-economic and Political Context of Eastleigh""; ""Islamic Religious Context of Eastleigh""; ""Open-Air Preaching""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""CHAPTER TWO - Mapping the Diversity of Eastleigh""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Navigating a Neighbourhood"" |
""Eastleigh and the Media""""Bibliography""; ""CHAPTER THREE - Mapping Eastleigh as a Public Platform: The World of Street Preachers""; |
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""Abstract""; ""Background""; ""Public Preaching""; ""Effects of Sermons""; ""The Sermons""; ""Some Characteristics of Eastleigh Sermons""; ""Towards Diapraxis as a Model for Interfaith Engagement""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""CHAPTER FOUR - A Street Preacher�s Da�wah""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - A Sūfī Perspective on Christian-Muslim Relations in Eastleigh and Beyond""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""The Dignity of All Humanity"" |
""Respect for the Beliefs of Non-Muslims""""The Just Treatment of Non-Muslims""; ""Generosity Towards Non-Muslims""; ""Christian-Muslim Relations in Eastleigh""; ""CHAPTER SIX - Mapping Eastleigh for Christian-Muslim Relations: A Project Report""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Research in Mapping""; ""Significance""; ""Data Interpretation and Analysis""; ""Phenomenology of Mapping-I""; ""Phenomenology of Mapping-II""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - How Mapping Can Build Christian-Muslim Relationships""; ""�Little Mogadishu�""; ""Eastleigh on the Map"" |
""Tempers Start Flaring Up: The Hot Spots on the Maps""""Imam Ashafa and Pastor James""; ""United in Grief""; ""APPENDIX 1 - The Eastleigh Mapping Pictorial""; ""APPENDIX 2 - List of Contributors""; ""APPENDIX 3 - List of Mappers""; ""APPENDIX 4 - Letter from the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslim (SUPKEM) Supporting the Eastleigh Mapping Project""; ""Back cover "" |
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Can Christian-Muslim relations be better understood and even interfaith conflicts resolved if Christians and Muslims joined together in an existential and phenomenological engagement with common spatiality? To answer this question, 12 Christian students from St. Paulís University, Limuru, Kenya and 12 Muslim students from Eastleigh, Nairobi mapped the 12 streets of Eastleigh, a sprawling Nairobi suburb largely populated by Somali Muslis. The mapping method in the above exercise was phenomenological, that is, mapping spatiality as a ìlived experienceî and interpreting spatial observations in li |
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