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Into Tibet 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 clas between the State Department and the CIA, as well as unguided actions by field agenst, hastened the Chinese invasion of Tibet. A gripping narrative of survival, courage, and intrigue amoong the nomads, princes, and warring armies of inner Asia, Into Tibet rewrites the accepted history behind the Chinese invasion of Tibet.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Military history

• Full title: Into Tibet
• Subtitle: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa
• Author: Thomas Laird
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9780802139993
• ISBN: 9780802139993
• ID: 06575887
• Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Weight: 524 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 152 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. April 2003

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