Gurkha Brotherhood (eBook)

A Story of Childhood and War

Kailash Limbu (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
272 Seiten
Michael O'Mara (Verlag)
978-1-78929-259-6 (ISBN)

Infos

<p><b><i>Sometimes my mind reaches back beyond the fear and the arid landscapes of war, to memories of childhood that fill me with happiness and laughter.</i></b><br><br><b>___________</b><br><br><b>A humane and gripping book which proves beyond doubt why the Gurkhas are known as such formidable warriors. Sir Ranulph Fiennes</b><br><b>___________</b><br><br>This is a searingly honest memoir by Kailash Limbu, a serving <b>Gurkha soldier</b> who undertook five tours of active service in Afghanistan. Kailash Limbu was in the front line of the fighting in <b>Helmand Province</b>. On dangerous resupply missions and on offensive patrols that took them to the heart of the killing zone, he and his men came <b>under frequent attack from Taliban fighters</b>.<br><br>He talks of other operations in which he has served and, perhaps most movingly, of the other Gurkha soldiers the united <b>band of brothers</b> with whom he serves and on whom he relies every day.<br><br>On many occasions he has feared he would not live to see the end of the day and, inevitably, he lost several friends and colleagues from the close-knit Gurkha brotherhood. His means of coping with the <b>trauma of conflict </b>was to travel back in his mind to his<b> childhood in a remote Himalayan village</b> in Nepal. But even amid the simplicity of mountain life, danger and tragedy lurked.<br><br>In this compelling narrative Capt Limbu <b>celebrates his Gurkha heritage</b>, relates <b>remarkable stories of courage</b> (his own and others), and <b>confronts demons</b> that have shaped but never broken him. The result is a record of war and peace that is rare in its <b>honesty and humility</b>.</p>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.5.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-78929-259-X / 178929259X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78929-259-6 / 9781789292596