Table of Contents

Tibetan Ethnic Origins and Sino-Tibetan Relations; Chinese Frontier Policies; Foundations of the Tibetan State; The Tibetan Empire; The Emergence of the Tibetan Buddhist Empire; Tibet Under the Ching; The Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the Quest for Independence; Interregnum; The Chinese Invasion of Tibet; Chinese Nationality Policy and the Occupation of Tibet; The Revolt in Tibet; Tibet Transformed; The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in Tibet; Revival of Tibetan Nationalism; Internationalization of the Tibet Issue; Tibetan Self-Determination

About the Author

Warren W. Smith Jr., an independent scholar in Alexandria, Virginia, received his Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.