Story of Loss and Hope
Tshering Chonzom Bhutia
TIBET: AN UNFINISHED STORY by Lezlee Brown Halper Hachette, India, 2014, 367 pp., 1872
December 2014, volume 38, No 12

As clearly expressed in the introduction, Tibet: An Unfinished Story attempts to present the ‘story of two Tibets: one the Tibet of discovery and aspiration; and the other, a Tibet buffeted by powerful Cold War currents and treachery denied the independence gained by others’ (p. 3). Undoubtedly, the authors, Lezlee Brown Halper and Stefan Halper have done an excellent job as far as the presentation of the two stories are concerned.

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