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Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa
Into Tibet Cia S First Atomic Spy Hisp
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paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Into Tibet is the incredible story of a 1949-1950 American undercover expedition led by America's first atomic agent, Douglas S. Mackiernan -- a covert attempt to arm the Tibetans and to recognize Tibet's independence months before China invaded. Thomas Laird reveals how the clash between the State Department and the CIA, as well as unguided actions by field agents, hastened the Chinese invasion of Tibet. A gripping narrative of survival, courage, and intrigue among the nomads, princes, and warring armies of inner Asia, Into Tibet rewrites the accepted history behind the Chinese invasion of Tibet. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs ... Read more
Into Tibet is the incredible story of a 1949-1950 American undercover expedition led by America's first atomic agent, Douglas S. Mackiernan -- a covert attempt to arm the Tibetans and to recognize Tibet's independence months before China invaded. Thomas Laird reveals how the clash between the State Department and the CIA, as well as unguided actions by field agents, hastened the Chinese invasion of Tibet. A gripping narrative of survival, courage, and intrigue among the nomads, princes, and warring armies of inner Asia, Into Tibet rewrites the accepted history behind the Chinese invasion of Tibet. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Grove Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780802139993
SKU
V9780802139993
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