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 | The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 (Compass) (99th Edition) by Tsering Shakya Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-14-019615-3 / 0140196153 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-019615-3 / 9780140196153 Long isolated by virtue of its remoteness and its government's suspicion of outsiders, Tibet was drawn a century ago into an uneasy alliance with Great Britain. In the bargain, the British gained a buffer state between its Indian colonies and China, while the Tibetans gained some measure of protecti | |