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OverviewThis title deals with Gurkhas, Gorkhas and Nepal in the post-War World. The people of Nepal were not immune to the upheavals caused by the 1947 partition of India. The Age of Rage tells of a cloak and dagger operation that foils Soviet-inspired efforts to penetrate the Gurkhas fighting in the Malayan emergency - a cold war in a hot climate - and bring about their disbandment. Then after the Sino-Indian border war of 1962 - a hot war in a cold climate - the Chinese 're-educate' a group of Indian Army Gorkhas taken prisoner with a view to infiltrating them back into Nepal for an eventual rising. A daring attempt to rescue them is mounted. However this is only partially successful and those not rescued do eventually return to Nepal to wait until conditions are ripe for a people's war. Finally the British officer who took a leading part in the two earlier operations has to deal with the subsequent political jockeying of foreign intelligence services in Nepal as they try to outwit each other and take control of the country. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. P. John CrossPublisher: Blenheim Press Limited Imprint: Blenheim Press Limited ISBN: 9781906302245ISBN 10: 1906302243 Pages: 568 Publication Date: 01 March 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Background; Maps; The Age of Rage; 2008: 1; 1947; 1947-52; 2008: 2; 1960-1965; 2008: 3; 1975-1986; 2008: 4; (Contents continued); Notes on the text; Principal characters mentioned in the text; Glossary; Pertinent and peripheral events during the period; By the same author; English for Gurkha Soldiers (1955); Gurkha - The Legendary Soldier [text only] (1966); Gurkhas [text only] (1985); In Gurkha Company; The British Army Gurkhas, 1948 to the Present [end 1982] (1986); Jungle Warfare Experiences and Encounters (1986); Whatabouts and Whereabouts in Asia (2002); Gurkha Tales (2012); Autobiographical Trilogy; First In, Last Out; An unconventional British Officer in Indo-China 1945-46 and 1972-76 (1992); The Call of Nepal; A personal odyssey in a different dimension (1996); 'A Face Like a Chicken's Backside'; An unconventional soldier in South-East Asia, 1948-71 (1996); Military History; Gurkhas at War; The Gurkha experience in their own words:World War II to the present [1999]; (2002); (with Buddhiman Gurung); Historical Novels; The Throne of Stone: The genesis of the World-Famous Gurkhas, 1479-1559; (First published 2000, republished 2012); The Restless Quest: How the British-Gurkha Connection Started, 1746-1815; (First published 2004, Blenheim Press Ltd Edition 2010); The Crown of Renown: Gurkhas in Nepal and East India Company, 1819-57/8; (2009); The Fame of the Name: How there is much more to the Gurkha than sheer courage (2011); Novel; Operation Four Rings (2012).ReviewsAuthor InformationFew people, if any, are better qualified to write about the genius of the Gurkha than J P Cross. All but three years of his 39 years in the British army were served with the Gurkhas and since retirement he has lived permanently in Nepal with his surrogate family. So since 1944 he has lived with the Nepalis virtually all his adult life and speaks with them in their own language as if it were his mother tongue. In the hills, people say he must have been a Nepali in a previous incarnation. He is the only foreign permanent resident in the country's history allowed to own land and a house. A linguist and an expert on Nepalese history who has been awarded both the MBE and OBE, he is a prolific author. This is the fifth and final book in this series of historical novels, following The Throne of Stone, The Restless Quest, The Crown of Renown, and The Fame of the Name. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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