The Gurkhas
Special Force
$47.98
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2011
Summary
The Gurkhas have fought on behalf of Britain and India for nearly two hundred years. As brave as they are resilient, resourceful and cunning, they have earned a reputation as devastating fighters, and their unswerving loyalty to the Crown has always inspired affection in the British people. There are also now up to 40,000 Gurkhas in the million-strong army of modern India.
But who are the Gurkhas? How much of the myth that surrounds them is true? Award-winning historian Chris Bellamy …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848543447 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848543441 |
| Author: | Chris Bellamy |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 327g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
Chris Bellamy
Chris Bellamy is an acclaimed historian and journalist. His latest book, Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War won the Westminster Medal for Military Literature. Previously he has been Defence Correspondent at the Independent. He was shortlisted for Foreign Reporter of the Year in the British Press Awards and the Foreign Press Association Awards in 1996 for reporting from Chechnya.
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