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Paul Christiaan Klieger (d. 2019) was an anthropologist specialising in Tibet and Native Hawaiian culture. He is the author of several books on the history of Tibet and the Hawaiian kingdom, including The State of Tibet: A History of a Central Asian Polity (2016) and Kamehameha III (2015).
'At a time when China is a rising geopolitical power and the international attention on Tibet experiences a decline, Klieger provides a crucial analysis of different and often contesting narratives on the past, present and possible futures of China-Tibet relations.'-Dibyesh Anand, Professor of International Relations, University of Westminster 'Klieger's Tibet is a complex, storied survey of the mountainous homeland of the Dalai Lama . . . With the epic sweep of a historical saga, Tibet chronicles . . . centuries of invasions, geopolitical intrigues, assassinations, triumphs, and defeats . . . Engrossing, detailed, and enhanced by beautiful thangka paintings, photographs, and antique maps, Tibet reveals the glories and trials of a beleaguered yet enduring land.'-Foreword Magazine
