本书为卢森堡著名藏学家阿尔伯特艾廷格(Albert Ettinger)*研究成果,全书系统梳理了所谓西藏问题由来,对其何以波及国际的背景和历程,结合中国统一多民族国家的历史文化传统特点,以规范的学术话语精到叙事和独到分析,展望所谓西藏问题日渐式微的前景,公允得出客观结论。本书视角新颖,言之有据,颇具学术水准,是了解和认识西藏一本非常有益的读物。 However, the focus of the book lies on the 1950s and the early 1960s. This was the time of the 17 point agreement for the peaceful liberation of Tibet, of the first steps toward modernisation and toward the improvement of the situation of the Tibetan serfs. Their unbearable debts were waived, the first modern schools and hos