"The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history"--Del editor. "Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and…
"Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, Lost Horizon, remains an inspirational fantasy, a modern morality play about the failure of brutality to subdue the human spirit. Tibet also exercises immense 'so…
"The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history"-- "Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel,…
"The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history"-- "Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel,…
"The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history"-- "Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel,…
"The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history"-- "Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel,…
Two distinguished conservatives give a stinging indictment of how American foreign policy is mismanaged, and make an urgent call for a return to sanity. Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke argue that members of what used to be called America's foreign policy establishment are no l…
A stinging indictment, from two distinguished conservative scholars, of how American foreign policy is mismanaged, and an urgent call for a return to sanity.
What has happened to American foreign policy? Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke argue that the members of what used to be called the foreign policy establishment are no longer doing the job of keeping our foreign policy informed and rational. Instead, hungry to coin the next Big…
Halper argues that China's internal dynamics dictate the country's rapid expansion. With massive fissures in Chinese society between the haves and the have-nots, the Chinese Communist Party has to sustain double-digit economic growth to keep its citizens content.