There's Friendly Feudalism by Parenti. Read it a while ago and it seemed like a pretty good introduction to the whole topic. Reasonably short too
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I remember when it was a huge trend among American libs to vocally support the Free Tibet movement under the assumption that they were saving helpless pacifists from the warmongering CCP. Turns out it was actually a feudal slave state that was being liberated by China.
The "Tibetan culture" that China destroyed mostly consisted of monks mutilating peasants
Also about the same amount of CSA as the Catholic church
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/strong-anna-louise/1959/tibet/index.htm
Here is an account by the first western journalist to visit Tibet after the serfs rose up against the ruling priest class. It's a good place to start educating yourself.
Thank you
Came here to recommend Anna Louise strong. Great and depressing read