Gurkhas at War: in Their Own Words: the Gurkha Experience, 1939 to the Present - Hardcover

Cross, J. P.; Gurung, Buddhiman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 185367494X ISBN 13: 9781853674945

Verlag: Greenhill Books, 2001

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Physical description; 320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Subject; Great Britain. Army - Biography.

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The first time the Gurkha voice has been heard at length. Vivid, first-person descriptions spanning over fifty years of warfare. Historical overview of Gurkha campaigns from 1939-1998. This collection of eyewitness material offers an unprecedented contribution to the history of the Gurkhas, a famed but elusive brigade whose story has always been told by "outsiders." These first-person narratives center on the fifty-year period from the outbreak of World War II, including the campaigns against Communists in Malaya and Hong Kong, the Falklands War, and recent confrontation in East Timor. The editors -- who traveled 5,000 miles to rescue material from surviving soldiers -- provide an introduction to Gurkha culture, historical overviews of each military campaign, and record some of the peculiarities of their encounters with these most resilient of soldiers.

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• Verlag: Greenhill Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 185367494X
• ISBN 13: 9781853674945
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
• Herausgeber: Cross J. P., Gurung Buddhiman