Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama, HarperCollins, 1990, is the 14th Dalai Lama's own first person account of his childhood recognition, the 1959 flight from Tibet and the exile government's early years. Its strength is direct testimony from the events' central figure. Its limit is that it is a memoir, shaped by its author's own perspective and purposes, not an independent scholarly biography checking his account against other sources; a claim needing outside corroboration should be paired with independent historical scholarship on the same events.
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Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama, HarperCollins, 1990, the middle tier reflecting direct first person testimony from the events' central figure covering his childhood recognition, the 1959 flight from Tibet and the exile government's early years. Its limit is that it is a memoir, shaped by its author's own perspective and purposes, not an independent scholarly biography checking his account against other sources. NotesThe 14th Dalai Lama's own autobiography, HarperCollins, 1990; a first-person memoir, not independent scholarly biography.
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AuthorTenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication Year1990
Source TypeBook (memoir)
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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