Summary
Jason Rance, an officer in a wartime Gurkha battalion, involved in the deaths or capture of four Malaya-born members of the Indian National Army, returns to Malaya in 1948 in a new Gurkha battalion where he is operationally engaged in fighting the Communist guerillas. The parents of the four dead men find out how Rance was involved with their sons’ deaths and plan revenge. Meanwhile, a member of the Chinese Communist party visiting the Malayan Communists decides not to return to China and Ran…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915310064 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915310067 |
| Author: | JP Cross |
| Publisher: | Monsoon Books |
| Imprint: | Monsoon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | Operation |
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a gripping adventure story … learn the ins and outs of jungle warfare from a true expert.– “The Oldie, UK”Nobody in the world is better qualified to tell the story of the Gurkhas’ deadly jungle battles against Communist insurgency in Malaya in the 1950s. Cross spins his tales with the eye of incomparable experience.–John le Carré, Author
About The Author
JP Cross
Lt. Col. JP Cross is a retired British officer who served with Gurkha units for nearly forty years. He has been an Indian frontier soldier, jungle fighter, policeman, military attaché, Gurkha recruitment officer and a linguist researcher, and he is the author of twenty books. He has fought in Burma, Indo-China, Malaya and Borneo and served in India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Laos and Nepal where he now lives. Aged 96, he still walks four hours daily.
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