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001 2015361623
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025 $aI-E-2015361623; 61-90
037 $bLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
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100 1 $aLimbu, Kailash,$eauthor.
245 10 $aGurkha :$bbetter to die than live a coward : my life in the Gurkhas /$cKailash Limbu.
264 1 $aLondon :$bLittle, Brown,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015.
300 $a340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$bcolour illustrations, map ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"Gurkha: Better to Die than Live a Coward: My Life in the Gurkhas finds Colour Sergeant Kailash Limbu providing a fascinating insight into what life is like as a serving Gurkha. In the summer of 2006, Limbu's platoon was sent to relieve and occupy a police compound in the town of Now Zad in Helmand. They were expecting the operation to take 48 hours. It actually took 31 days and became one of the longest sieges during the Afghan campaign. In this memoir, Limbu recalls the month spent during this time - a period where he and his troop killed an estimated 100 Taliban fighters - and talks about his home life growing up in a village without roads or electricity. From his childhood to traditional Gurkha training and rituals - including learning how to use the lethal Kukri knife - this is an eye-opening and fascinating account of one man's life as a Gurkha."--Publisher's description.
600 10 $aLimbu, Kailash.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$vPersonal narratives, Nepalese.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bBrigade of Gurkhas$vBiography.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bRoyal Gurkha Rifles.$bBattalion, 2nd$vBiography.
650 0 $aGurkha soldiers$vBiography.