“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 and head of the School of Social Sciences, 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 Reviews (starred review)
“Making the case that for 2,500 years Tibet was a mostly independent state, Klieger traces the territory’s history and considers its future. He asks whether it will achieve independence from China—which invaded in 1950—and what the impact of the Dalai Lama’s succession will be.”
— Survival
"This engaging history of Tibet by Klieger, an anthropologist who specialized in Tibet studies from the 1980s until his death in 2019, covers earliest times to the present. . . . Klieger uses a broad range of both academic and nonacademic sources to support the text, which is handsomely illustrated with ancient maps, lovely thangka paintings, and photographs."
— Choice