The Unveiling of Lhasa - Couverture souple

Candler, Edmund

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9881909082 ISBN 13 : 9789881909084

Editeur : China Economic Review Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Candler Edmund

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The recent expedition to Lhasa was full of interest, not only on account of the political issues involved and the physical difficulties overcome, but owing to the many dramatic incidents which attended the Mission sprogress. It was my good fortune to witness nearly all these stirring events, and I have written the following narrative of what I saw in the hope that a continuous story of the affair may interest readers who have hitherto been able to form an idea of it only from the telegrams in the daily Press. The greater part of the book was written on the spot, while the impressions of events and scenery were still fresh. Owing to wounds I was not present at the bombardment and relief of Gyantse, but this phase of the operations is dealt with by Mr. Henry Newman, Renter scorrespondent, who was an eye-witness. I am especially indebted to him for his account, which was written in Lhasa, and occupied many mornings that might have been devoted to wellearned rest.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

The conduct of Great Britain in her relations with Tibet puts me in mind of the dilemma of a big boy at school who submits to the attacks of a precocious youngster rather than incur the imputation of 'bully.' At last the situation becomes intolerable, and the big boy, bully if you will, turns on the youth and administers the deserved thrashing. There is naturally a good deal of remonstrance from spectators who have not observed the byplay which led to the encounter. But sympathy must be sacrificed to the restitution of fitting and respectful relations. The aim of this record of an individual's impressions of the recent Tibetan expedition is to convey some idea of the life we led in Tibet, the scenes through which we passed, and the strange people we fought and conquered. We killed several thousand of these brave, ill-armed men; and as the story of the fighting is not always pleasant reading, I think it right before describing the punitive side of the expedition to make it quite clear that military operations were unavoidable-that we were drawn into the vortex of war against our will by the folly and obstinacy of the Tibetans.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: China Economic Review Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9881909082
• ISBN 13: 9789881909084
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248