British Empire and Tibet 1900-1922

In August 1904 Sir Francis Younghusband's invasion force reached the forbidden city of Lhasa. The British invasion of Tibet in 1903 acted as a catalyst for change in a world transformed by revolution war and the rise of a new order. Using unofficial government sources private papers and the diaries and memoirs of those involved this book examines the impact of Younghusband's invasion and its aftermath inside Tibet.