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""Tuttle's extensive original research lends itself to a lively and detailed account... Essential Reading."" -- Benjamin Bogin, BUDDHADHARMA ""This book offers a nuanced examination of a complicated relationship... Recommended."" -- Choice ""Tuttle approaches this complicated history with courage and clarity of perspective... Tuttle has done us a great service."" -- Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, American Historical Review ""Gray Tuttle's scholarship is of the first order, and he provides a model other historians of the region would do well to emulate."" -- Derek F. Maher, East Carolina University, Journal of Chinese Religions ""A welcome addition... [that] will serve as an important reference in the related fields for some time to come."" -- Hsiao-Ting Lin, China Information ""A scrupulous piece of historical scholarship... [that] should be compulsory reading for every journalist or academic working in this area."" -- Timothy Barrett, Asian Affairs ""An excellent piece of scholarship that definitely deserves reading by anyone interested in the history of either Tibet or China."" -- Andrew Fischer, Nations & Nationalism ""[A] stimulating and rich book... an important landmark in the field of both Tibetan and Chinese studies."" -- Margherita Zanasi, Journal of the American Academy of Religion ""As the vanguard of a coming wave of new research, Tuttle's work raises the bar for a reinvigorated field of inquiry."" -- Charlene Makley, Journal of Asian History

Tuttle's extensive original research lends itself to a lively and detailed account... Essential Reading. -- Benjamin Bogin BUDDHADHARMA This book offers a nuanced examination of a complicated relationship... Recommended. Choice Tuttle approaches this complicated history with courage and clarity of perspective... Tuttle has done us a great service. -- Zvi Ben-Dor Benite American Historical Review Gray Tuttle's scholarship is of the first order, and he provides a model other historians of the region would do well to emulate. -- Derek F. Maher, East Carolina University Journal of Chinese Religions A welcome addition... [that] will serve as an important reference in the related fields for some time to come. -- Hsiao-Ting Lin China Information A scrupulous piece of historical scholarship... [that] should be compulsory reading for every journalist or academic working in this area. -- Timothy Barrett Asian Affairs An excellent piece of scholarship that definitely deserves reading by anyone interested in the history of either Tibet or China. -- Andrew Fischer Nations & Nationalism [A] stimulating and rich book... an important landmark in the field of both Tibetan and Chinese studies. -- Margherita Zanasi Journal of the American Academy of Religion As the vanguard of a coming wave of new research, Tuttle's work raises the bar for a reinvigorated field of inquiry. -- Charlene Makley Journal of Asian History [An] excellent and important contribution to the history of the religious-and therefore political-relationship between Tibet and modern China. -- Eric D. Mortensen Religious Studies Review

Tuttle's extensive original research lends itself to a lively and detailed account... Essential Reading. -- Benjamin Bogin BUDDHADHARMA Fall 2005 This book offers a nuanced examination of a complicated relationship... Recommended. Choice 3/2006 Tuttle approaches this complicated history with courage and clarity of perspective... Tuttle has done us a great service. -- Zvi Ben-Dor Benite American Historical Review vol. 111 #1 Gray Tuttle's scholarship is of the first order, and he provides a model other historians of the region would do well to emulate. -- Derek F. Maher, East Carolina University Journal of Chinese Religions vol. 33 2005 A welcome addition... [that] will serve as an important reference in the related fields for some time to come. -- Hsiao-Ting Lin China Information XX (I) A scrupulous piece of historical scholarship... [that] should be compulsory reading for every journalist or academic working in this area. -- Timothy Barrett Asian Affairs 11/1/2006 An excellent piece of scholarship that definitely deserves reading by anyone interested in the history of either Tibet or China. -- Andrew Fischer Nations & Nationalism 13,2 : 2007 [A] stimulating and rich book... an important landmark in the field of both Tibetan and Chinese studies. -- Margherita Zanasi Journal of the American Academy of Religion 12/1/07 As the vanguard of a coming wave of new research, Tuttle's work raises the bar for a reinvigorated field of inquiry. -- Charlene Makley Journal of Asian History 2007 [An] excellent and important contribution to the history of the religious -- and therefore political -- relationship between Tibet and modern China. -- Eric D. Mortensen Religious Studies Review 3/1/09

Tuttle's extensive original research lends itself to a lively and detailed account... Essential Reading. -- Benjamin Bogin, BUDDHADHARMA This book offers a nuanced examination of a complicated relationship... Recommended. -- Choice Tuttle approaches this complicated history with courage and clarity of perspective... Tuttle has done us a great service. -- Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, American Historical Review Gray Tuttle's scholarship is of the first order, and he provides a model other historians of the region would do well to emulate. -- Derek F. Maher, East Carolina University, Journal of Chinese Religions A welcome addition... [that] will serve as an important reference in the related fields for some time to come. -- Hsiao-Ting Lin, China Information A scrupulous piece of historical scholarship... [that] should be compulsory reading for every journalist or academic working in this area. -- Timothy Barrett, Asian Affairs An excellent piece of scholarship that definitely deserves reading by anyone interested in the history of either Tibet or China. -- Andrew Fischer, Nations & Nationalism [A] stimulating and rich book... an important landmark in the field of both Tibetan and Chinese studies. -- Margherita Zanasi, Journal of the American Academy of Religion As the vanguard of a coming wave of new research, Tuttle's work raises the bar for a reinvigorated field of inquiry. -- Charlene Makley, Journal of Asian History [An] excellent and important contribution to the history of the religious -- and therefore political -- relationship between Tibet and modern China. -- Eric D. Mortensen, Religious Studies Review

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Gray Tuttle is Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

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