List of Illustrations	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Explanation of Romanization and Abbreviations	xvii
Preface	xix
Introduction: Tibetan Society, 1913-1951	1
THE ERA OF THE 13TH DALAI LAMA AND RETING, 1913-1941
1. The Early Years of the 13th Dalai Lama	41
2. Tibet and the New Republic in China	65
3. The Dalai Lama, the Army, and the Monastic Segment	89
4. The Death of the 13th Dalai Lama	139
5. The Fall of Kumbela	146
6. In Search of the New Tibet: Lungshar's Reform Party	186
7. The Mission of General Huang Mu-sung	213
8. The British, the Chinese, and the Panchen Lama	252
9. Reting Takes Control, Then Resigns	310
10. Conclusion to Part One: The Reting Years	235
II
THE ERA OF tAKTRA AND THE 14TH DALAI LAMA,1941-1951
11. The Early Years of the Taktra Regency: 1941-1943	369
12. Change and Confrontation in the Twilight of World War II	405
13. The Seeds of Rebellion	427
14. The Reting Conspiracy	464
15. The Victory Congratulations Mission, 1945-1946	522
16. Further Attempts at International Visibility	560
17. Tibet after the Fall of the Kuomintang	611
18. The People's Liberation Army Invades	638
19. After the Fall of Chamdo	698
20. Tibet Capitulates: The Seventeen-Point Agreement	737
21. The Dalai Lama Returns to Lhasa	773
Conclusion: The Demise of the Lamaist State	815
Postscript	825
Appendix A. Anglo-Chinese Convention of 1906	827
Appendix B. Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907	829
Appendix C. The Simla Agreements of 1914	832