Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments
Introduction
01 The First Incursions: the Case of Barahoti
02 The First Months after the Agreement and Zhou’s Visit to India
03 Nehru’s Important Visit to Beijing
04 Cartographical Aggression: the Implications for India
05 No Escort Anymore: the Earlier the Better
06 Winding-up is Not Easy
07 Tibet’s Slow Incorporation Starts
08 Tibet’s Assimilation Continues July – December 1955
09 Developments in Tibet: Implications for Sikkim
10 The Foreign Secretary in Tibet
11 India’s Relations with Bhutan
12 The Foreign Secretary’s Visit to Bhutan
13 Pressure is Mounting on the Borders
14 The Advance in the Subansiri Sector of NEFA
15 The Uprising in Eastern Tibet
16 The Changes in Western Tibet
17 On the Indian Side of the Himalaya: The Situation in Tawang
18 Kushok Bakula’s Tour in Tibet
19 The Life of the Consul General of India in Lhasa
20 The Preparatory Committee of the Tibetan Autonomous Region
21 Will the Dalai Lama Visit India?
22 In the Land of the Buddha
23 A Milestone in the Relations Between India and Tibet?
24 When Men Become Desperate they Consult the Gods
25 Some Conclusions: Hoping Against Hope
Annexure
Index "

About the Author

"Claude Arpi was born in 1949 in Angoulême, France. Since 1974, he is settled in South India.
He is the author of several books and more than one thousand articles on Tibet, China, India, defence and border issues and Indo-French relations.
Claude Arpi holds the Field Marshal KM Cariappa Chair of Excellence of the United Service Institution of India for his research on India-Tibet Relations."