Voice for the voiceless : over seven decades of struggle with China for my land and my people

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Voice for the voiceless : over seven decades of struggle with China for my land and my people / His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (author.). Seabrook, Alexis, (cartographer.).

Summary:

"In this unique book offering personal, spiritual, and historical reflections--some never shared before--His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his struggle with China to save Tibet and its people for nearly seventy-five years"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063391390
ISBN: 0063391392
Physical Description: xvi, 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Map by Alexis Seabrook"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The invasion and our new master -- Meeting Chairman Mao -- A visit to India -- Fleeing home -- A geopolitical reflection -- Devastation at home and rebuilding in exile -- Overtures toward a dialogue -- Reaching out to our fourth refuge -- In the aftermath of Tiananmen -- Practices I find helpful in the face of suffering -- As the millennium came to an end -- The final series of dialogues -- Taking stock -- What gives me hope -- Situation today and the path forward -- Appeal -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A: Tibet, a historical overview -- Appendix B: Treaty between Tibet and China AD 821-822 -- Appendix C: Letters to Chinese leaders Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin -- Appendix D: Memorandum on genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people -- Appendix E: A note on the "Memorandum on genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people."