# The Dragon in the Land of Snows

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- Book: [The Dragon in the Land of Snows](https://www.bookquiver.com/tsering-shakya/the-dragon-in-the-land-of-snows) ([The Dragon in the Land of Snows.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tsering-shakya/the-dragon-in-the-land-of-snows.md))
- Authors: [Tsering Shakya](https://www.bookquiver.com/tsering-shakya)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4019-615-3
- Pages: 608
- Published: 2000-10-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Based entirely on unpublished primary sources, Tsering Shakya's groundbreaking history of modern Tibet shatters the popular conception of the country as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international...