Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The CIA has been involved in quite a lot of "international interventions", some more successful than others. Many are familiar with their adventures in Latin America, but few know that they were also involved in Tibet... and that is what we'll explore in this episode of SideQuest.
EDIT: To clarify, the Tibetan Resistance existed prior to the CIA's involvement in Tibet; it was a citizens' uprising-turned-army that happened to receive funding and training from the CIA due to their common geopolitical goals.
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JK, Leloo Wolf, DeityTV, Oskari Liukku, pmck, Sam, Aradhya Khandelwal, dancingvulture, Ciaran Hassan, Jean-Francois Perreault, Gabriel, Jeanne Moss, Scott Gibbs
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Further Reading:
“Tibet’s Cold War” by Carole McGranahan - researchgate.net/profile/Carole_Mcgranahan2/publication/249563798_Tibet's_Cold_War_The_CIA_and_the_Chushi_Gangdrug_Resistance_19561974/links/5680682b08ae1975838b08d1/Tibets-Cold-War-The-CIA-and-the-Chushi-Gangdrug-Resistance-19561974.pdf
“The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama” by Melvyn C. Goldstein - researchgate.net/profile/Stevan_Harrell/publication/227923025_The_Snow_Lion_and_the_Dragon_China_Tibet_and_the_Dalai_Lama/links/0912f51003e5a9a399000000.pdf
The CIA has been involved in quite a lot of "international interventions", some more successful than others. Many are familiar with their adventures in Latin America, but few know that they were also involved in Tibet... and that is what we'll explore in this episode of SideQuest.
EDIT: To clarify, the Tibetan Resistance existed prior to the CIA's involvement in Tibet; it was a citizens' uprising-turned-army that happened to receive funding and training from the CIA due to their common geopolitical goals.
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If you'd like to see more of these videos, consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/sidequest_channel
Have a fancy historical idea you'd like me to cover? Drop a comment and let me know!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A big THANK YOU to the selfless supporters of SideQuest for their limitless generosity:
JK, Leloo Wolf, DeityTV, Oskari Liukku, pmck, Sam, Aradhya Khandelwal, dancingvulture, Ciaran Hassan, Jean-Francois Perreault, Gabriel, Jeanne Moss, Scott Gibbs
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Further Reading:
“Tibet’s Cold War” by Carole McGranahan - researchgate.net/profile/Carole_Mcgranahan2/publication/249563798_Tibet's_Cold_War_The_CIA_and_the_Chushi_Gangdrug_Resistance_19561974/links/5680682b08ae1975838b08d1/Tibets-Cold-War-The-CIA-and-the-Chushi-Gangdrug-Resistance-19561974.pdf
“The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama” by Melvyn C. Goldstein - researchgate.net/profile/Stevan_Harrell/publication/227923025_The_Snow_Lion_and_the_Dragon_China_Tibet_and_the_Dalai_Lama/links/0912f51003e5a9a399000000.pdf
