Bayonets to Lhasa : Francis Younghusband and the British Invasion of Tibet

English

ISBN: 1848856989

EAN: 9781848856981

Category: History / Asia / China/Political Science / International Relations / General/

Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited

Release Date: 07/03/2012

Synopsis: The British invasion of Tibet in 1904 is one of the strangest events in British imperial history. Planned by Lord Curzon as a strategic move in the Great Game, the incursion was in fact ill-conceived and inspired by only the weakest of motivations. Led by the soldier, explorer, and mystic Francis Younghusband, the missiondoomed from the very beginningbecame caught in political cross-fire and the distant and destructive machinations of China and England and ended in ignominy and disappointment. Peter Flemings Bayonets to Lhasa is a gripping depiction of this unusual chain of events, its charismatic protagonists, and the repercussions that continue to be felt throughout the region.

Bayonets to Lhasa : Francis Younghusband and the British Invasion of Tibet

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 1.03 inches

Width: 5.42 inches

Length: 7.89 inches

Weight: 12.1 oz

Pages: 328