Bayonets to Lhasa : the British invasion of Tibet / Peter Fleming.
Series: The Peter Fleming collectionPublication details: London : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2012, c1961.Edition: New paperback editionDescription: xvi, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781848856981 (paperback)
- Younghusband, Francis Edward Sir, 1863-1942
- Imperialism -- History -- 20th century
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- 20th century
- Tibet (China) -- History
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
- 951.5 23
- DS785 .F56 2012
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 951.5 FLE | Available | 058561 |
"First published in 1961 by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-300) and index.
Machine generated contents note: I.The Great Game -- II.Emissaries and Agents -- III.The Unknown Land -- IV.The Pot and the Kettle -- V.The Man on the Spot -- VI.The Fate of Two Spies -- VII.The Telegram of 6 November -- VIII.The Commander of the Escort -- IX.Over the Top -- X.`A Close Shave' -- XI.The Action at Guru -- XII.Pressing On -- XIII.The Danger on his Doorstep -- XIV.The Mission Besieged -- XV.The Storming of a Stronghold -- XVI.The Fount of Policy -- XVII.A River to Cross -- XVIII.Enter the Amban -- XIX.Exit The Times Correspondent -- XX.The Treaty Signed -- XXI.A Question of Honour -- XXII.The Scapegoat -- XXIII.A Secret Pamphlet.
The British invasion of Tibet in 1904 is one of the strangest events in British imperial history. Conceived by Lord Curzon as a strategic move in the Great Game - that colossal struggle between imperial Britain and Tsarist Russia for influence in Central Asia - 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 mission - doomed from the very beginning - became caught in political cross-fire and the distant and destructive machinations of China and Britain and ended in ignominy and disappointment for this idealistic adventurer. Peter Fleming's gripping portrayal of this curious episode and its charismatic protagonists brilliantly illuminates what is now seen as a key moment in the Great Game, the repercussions of which continue to be felt throughout the region.