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- catalog abstract ""Over nearly 200 years these hill-warriors from Nepal have attracted an uncomplicated admiration that no fighting force in the world can match. Their gentleness and courtesy are as legendary as their tenacity in battle, and they are universally respected by the British officers who have served with them." "Imperial Warriors is full of wonderful, unforgettable tales of conflict, from Ochterlony's campaign against Nepal - Britain's first experience of Gurkha fighting skills - to the Gurkha role in suppressing the 'Indian Mutiny' of 1857 and in the First and Second World Wars." "This sweeping narrative of combat, intrigue, heroism and great-power politics places the Gurkhas in the context of British and Nepalese history. Gould shows how successive rulers of Nepal were cajoled into maintaining a supply of superb troops for the Raj - and how the more astute of those rulers manipulated the relationship for their own benefit - and reveals a military reality that is in many ways more remarkable than the myth."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11511860.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Over nearly 200 years these hill-warriors from Nepal have attracted an uncomplicated admiration that no fighting force in the world can match. Their gentleness and courtesy are as legendary as their tenacity in battle, and they are universally respected by the British officers who have served with them." "Imperial Warriors is full of wonderful, unforgettable tales of conflict, from Ochterlony's campaign against Nepal - Britain's first experience of Gurkha fighting skills - to the Gurkha role in suppressing the 'Indian Mutiny' of 1857 and in the First and Second World Wars." "This sweeping narrative of combat, intrigue, heroism and great-power politics places the Gurkhas in the context of British and Nepalese history. Gould shows how successive rulers of Nepal were cajoled into maintaining a supply of superb troops for the Raj - and how the more astute of those rulers manipulated the relationship for their own benefit - and reveals a military reality that is in many ways more remarkable than the myth."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [458]-466) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 480 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1862072841".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Granta Books,".
- catalog subject "355.3/5 21".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. Army. Brigade of Gurkhas History.".
- catalog subject "Gurkha soldiers History.".
- catalog subject "UA853.N35 G68 1999".
- catalog title "Imperial warriors : Britain and the Gurkhas / Tony Gould.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".