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Dalai Lama's Escape from Tibet and the CIA's Role

A new book gives the fullest account yet of the Dalai Lama’s 1959 escape from Tibet and the CIA’s role. Author Stephan Talty says in the process the Tibetan leader lost a country but gained an international movement—and surprisingly a belief in Buddhism.

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The 14th Dalai Lama in 1959, soon after he was forced into exile in India. (AP Photo)

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