Mer Barr
I only had access to this book for about two weeks with no renewal option. I didn't get very far because the first couple chapters covering sometime in the 1940s to 1951 where just a blur of political maneuverings between the US, China, India and Tibet by those who sit in high offices in these national governments and make these decisions. This is the type of information I wasn't interest in so the book sat on my shelf for days.
I was wanting a memoir, which this may have been; I didn't reach the point where the author might have come into the picture. I was also wanting that first-hand perspective on the Dalai Lama's actual exodus, which I also did not get to.
Since I had to go outside my own, rather extensive, library system to gain access to this book, I suspect I won't ever circle back to this and continue to have my questions unanswered.
I only had access to this book for about two weeks with no renewal option. I didn't get very far because the first couple chapters covering sometime in the 1940s to 1951 where just a blur of political maneuverings between the US, China, India and Tibet by those who sit in high offices in these national governments and make these decisions. This is the type of information I wasn't interest in so the book sat on my shelf for days.
I was wanting a memoir, which this may have been; I didn't reach the point where the author might have come into the picture. I was also wanting that first-hand perspective on the Dalai Lama's actual exodus, which I also did not get to.
Since I had to go outside my own, rather extensive, library system to gain access to this book, I suspect I won't ever circle back to this and continue to have my questions unanswered.