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Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa
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Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa Paperback - 2003

by Thomas Laird


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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 are featured.

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The first gunshot was as loud inside the yak-wool tent as it was outside on the Tibetan Plateau.

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  • Title Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa
  • Author Thomas Laird
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York.
  • Date February 27, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780802139993 / 080213999X
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.12 x 6 x 1 in (23.16 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Relations - China - Tibet, Tibet (China) - Relations - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001058459
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.482

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  • Kliatt, 07/01/2003, Page 48
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