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Gurkha Tales

From Peace and War, 1945–2011

by J.P. Cross ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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Asia Is a 4-Letter Word

by J.P. Cross ...

A Memoir of Love, Duty, and the GurkhasJ.P. Cross served with the legendary Gurkha soldiers for decades, forging bonds of brotherhood across cultures in some of the most challenging terrain and circumstances imaginable. From the jungles of Burma and Malaya to the mountains of Nepal, this memoir captures the extraordinary experiences of a British officer who dedicated his life to serving alongside ... Read more

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A Memoir of Love, Duty, and the GurkhasJ.P. Cross served with the legendary Gurkha soldiers for decades, forging bonds of brotherhood across cultures in some of the most challenging terrain and circumstances imaginable. From the jungles of Burma and Malaya to the mountains of Nepal, this memoir captures the extraordinary experiences of a British officer who dedicated his life to serving alongside
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A Face Like a Chicken's Backside

An Unconventional Soldier in South East Asia, 1948–71

by J P Cross ...

In almost forty years in Asia without a home posting, British officer John Cross spent ten of them ‘under the jungle canopy’. He amassed a wealth of experience fighting against Communist Revolutionary Warfare, and training others to do so. As a result he was called upon to work in many formidable situations, and twice found himself on an army short-list of one for difficult tasks.Cross focuses on ... Read more

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In almost forty years in Asia without a home posting, British officer John Cross spent ten of them ‘under the jungle canopy’. He amassed a wealth of experience fighting against Communist Revolutionary Warfare, and training others to do so. As a result he was called upon to work in many formidable situations, and twice found himself on an army short-list of one for difficult tasks.Cross focuses on
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It Happens With Gurkhas

Tales from an English Nepali, 1944-2015

by J P Cross ...

Gurkhas have served with the British for almost 200 years, first with the army of the East India Company, then with the Indian Army of the Raj, and then in 1947 becoming an integral part of the British Army. This anthology of articles from The Kukri, the Gurkha regimental journals, by J.P. Cross covers much of the past sixty years of their history, taking in the last days of the Second World War ... Read more

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Gurkhas have served with the British for almost 200 years, first with the army of the East India Company, then with the Indian Army of the Raj, and then in 1947 becoming an integral part of the British Army. This anthology of articles from The Kukri, the Gurkha regimental journals, by J.P. Cross covers much of the past sixty years of their history, taking in the last days of the Second World War
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Gurkhas at War

Eyewitness Accounts from World War II to Iraq

by J.P. Cross, Buddhiman Gurung ...

A history of important twentieth century military conflicts through the eyes of the an elite force of South Asian soldiers.In depth interviews with Gurkhas soldiers past and present, depict key military campaigns of the twentieth century in the words of the men who were there. From WW2 to the present day, these eyewitness accounts include the lengthy battles against the Japanese in Burma, the ... Read more

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A history of important twentieth century military conflicts through the eyes of the an elite force of South Asian soldiers.In depth interviews with Gurkhas soldiers past and present, depict key military campaigns of the twentieth century in the words of the men who were there. From WW2 to the present day, these eyewitness accounts include the lengthy battles against the Japanese in Burma, the
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First In, Last Out

An Unconventional British Officer in Indo-China

by J.P. Cross ...

This is the astonishing tale of two episodes in the life of Colonel J P Cross, jungle fighter and linguist extraordinaire.As a young officer at the end of the war against Japan in 1945, he took part in counterinsurgency operations against the Vietminh at a time of chaos and confusion. Sent to the area to help disarm the defeated Japanese, Cross found himself commanding a battalion of the very same ... Read more

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This is the astonishing tale of two episodes in the life of Colonel J P Cross, jungle fighter and linguist extraordinaire.As a young officer at the end of the war against Japan in 1945, he took part in counterinsurgency operations against the Vietminh at a time of chaos and confusion. Sent to the area to help disarm the defeated Japanese, Cross found himself commanding a battalion of the very same
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Operation Hunter

by JP Cross ...

Series series Operation
In 1938 Malaya, a young English boy named Jason Rance rescues Siu Tse, a Chinese girl, from a vicious assault. Their paths diverge before she learns his name, leaving her to idolise the memory of her unknown saviour. Fast forward to 1953, and the height of the Malayan Emergency, where tensions and conflicts engulf the region. Siu Tse discovers she is pregnant by a British officer who is planning ... Read more

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In 1938 Malaya, a young English boy named Jason Rance rescues Siu Tse, a Chinese girl, from a vicious assault. Their paths diverge before she learns his name, leaving her to idolise the memory of her unknown saviour. Fast forward to 1953, and the height of the Malayan Emergency, where tensions and conflicts engulf the region. Siu Tse discovers she is pregnant by a British officer who is planning
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Operation Tipping Point

by JP Cross ...

Series series Operation
Malaya, 1951. It is the Malayan Emergency and a British major, commanding a rifle company of Gurkhas, is woken in the small hours by a call from Special Branch with the six-figure grid reference of a large party of communist guerrillas. The line is poor, the army man is hung over and the location is written down incorrectly. But Dame Fortune, that ever fickle lady, also decrees that the Special ... Read more

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Malaya, 1951. It is the Malayan Emergency and a British major, commanding a rifle company of Gurkhas, is woken in the small hours by a call from Special Branch with the six-figure grid reference of a large party of communist guerrillas. The line is poor, the army man is hung over and the location is written down incorrectly. But Dame Fortune, that ever fickle lady, also decrees that the Special
... Read more
Operation Blowpipe

by JP Cross ...

Series series Operation
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 ... Read more

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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
... Read more
Operation Red Tidings

by JP Cross ...

Series series Operation
Malaya, 1954: Chin Peng, Secretary General of the Malayan Communist Party, listens with excitement as the early morning Radio Malaya broadcaster announces the death of a British Lieutenant Colonel and his two Gurkha escorts in a guerrilla ambush by communist terrorists (CTs) on the Jelebu Pass.Jason Rance, an English company commander in a Gurkha battalion during the Malayan Emergency, is the ... Read more

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Malaya, 1954: Chin Peng, Secretary General of the Malayan Communist Party, listens with excitement as the early morning Radio Malaya broadcaster announces the death of a British Lieutenant Colonel and his two Gurkha escorts in a guerrilla ambush by communist terrorists (CTs) on the Jelebu Pass.Jason Rance, an English company commander in a Gurkha battalion during the Malayan Emergency, is the
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Operation Four Rings

by JP Cross ...

Series series Operation
After the ceasefire in Laos in February 1973, London forbids Colonel Jason Rance, the British Defence Attaché in Laos, from continuing his search for four Lao ‘moles', who work within the Communist Party and wear a dedicated ring as a talisman.Unsanctioned contingency plans are therefore made by others for Rance to continue his work with the moles, the ‘Four Rings', in an unattributable Operation ... Read more

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After the ceasefire in Laos in February 1973, London forbids Colonel Jason Rance, the British Defence Attaché in Laos, from continuing his search for four Lao ‘moles', who work within the Communist Party and wear a dedicated ring as a talisman.Unsanctioned contingency plans are therefore made by others for Rance to continue his work with the moles, the ‘Four Rings', in an unattributable Operation
... Read more
Operation Blind Spot

by J.P. Cross ...

After years of jungle service, Jason Rance, a maverick Chinese-speaking British major of Gurkhas has one final chance of qualifying for promotion to lieutenant colonel. During a covert operation on the Thai Malayan border, Rance meets a Chinese schoolboy friend from jungle-operation days and together they must pit Malaya s orang asli, or indigenous people, against Chin Peng and the Malayan ... Read more

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After years of jungle service, Jason Rance, a maverick Chinese-speaking British major of Gurkhas has one final chance of qualifying for promotion to lieutenant colonel. During a covert operation on the Thai Malayan border, Rance meets a Chinese schoolboy friend from jungle-operation days and together they must pit Malaya s orang asli, or indigenous people, against Chin Peng and the Malayan
... Read more

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