16. Some Final Thoughts and What-ifs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. Abbreviations xxiii
7. Glossary of Key People and Terms xxvii
8. 1. Introduction: Traditional Tibetan Society 1
9. 2. Historical Antecedents 20
10. 3. Khamba Developments in Lhasa and Saipan 74
11. 4. The CIA, Phala, and Chushigandru 101
12. 5. Chushigandru in Lhoka 128
13. 6. Chushigandru and the PLA 149
14. 7. The Fall of Fan Ming 181
15. 8. The Kashag Responds 212
16. 9. The Namseling Delegation and Chushigandru 246
17. 10. Chushigandru after Shang Ganden Chöngor 271
18. 11. At the Edge of the Precipice 315
19. 12. The Lhasa Uprising Begins 354
20. 13. Chinese Responses and the Dalai Lama’s Flight 401
21. 14. Over the Cliff 439
22. 15. The End of Old Tibet 461
23. 16. Some Final Thoughts and What-ifs 490
24. Appendix A. Correct Tibetan Spellings 503
25. Appendix B. Kashag’s Edict from Lhüntse Dzong (26 March 1959) 523
26. References 527
27. Index 539