Gurkha tales : from peace and war, 1945-2011 / J. P. Cross ; foreword by John Chapple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, J. P., author.

Contributor:

Chapple, John, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gurkha soldiers--History--20th century.

Gurkha soldiers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Frontline Books, 2012.

Summary:

J. P. CROSS has spent 67 years among the Gurkhas, first as a serving officer and then as a resident of Nepal, being the only foreigner in the history of the country to be allowed to be both a house- and land-owner. His language ability is such that, even after 90 minutes of being interviewed on the radio, only those who recognized his voice knew he was not a Nepali.With this unparalleled knowledge and experience, the author has produced a unique series of articles, written over the past fifty years. These cover events in his own career, including the time he found himself in command of a Japan

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword by Field Marshal Sir John Chapple GCB CBE DL""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Thirty-Eight Years Later""; ""2 1944""; ""3 Bombs and More Bombs""; ""4 An Unusual Secret Weapon""; ""5 The Last Days of Empire""; ""6 An Army Schoolmaster�s Challenges""; ""7 1954""; ""8 One Winter: A Simple Story""; ""9 The Border Scouts""; ""10 Four Fragments""; ""11 The Breakthrough""; ""12 Brave Prince""; ""13 Ooty Interlude""; ""14 Free as a Bird""; ""15 The End of an Era""

""16 Thirty Years of Change and Challenge""""17 Five Fateful Flaws""; ""18 How History Happens""; ""19 In Job�s Shadow""; ""20 The �Sinner Elf� in the Inner Self, or, An Altered State of Consciousness""; ""21 Ears to the Ground""; ""22 A Peek at the Past: The Nepalese Army in the Nineteenth Century""; ""23 Bhakti Thapa and his Place in the Gurkha Connection""; ""24 A General Remembers: Major General Sir Ksatra Bikram Rana KCVO CIE, Commanding Officer The Mahindra Dal Nath Nepalese Contingent: 1943-45""; ""25 Profiles for Perpetuity""; ""26 Truth is Strange Indeed: Five Small Nuggets""

""27 Gurkha Motto""""28 Journeys of the Mind""; ""29 How Children Happen to Help""; ""30 VC, GC and PVC Reunion""; ""� And Finally""; ""Other Books by J. P. Cross""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78337-849-2

OCLC:

854974578