The Gurkhas have recently been in the news in Britain because of an initial refusal by the British Government to let men of the regiment and their families settle in the country. This decision was eventually overturned, and so it should have been, if this history is anything to go by. For nearly 200 years this Nepal tribe have fought loyally for their original colonists. Not just with allegiance, but also with ferocious courage and admirable ability, all of which author Chris Bellamy charts in this weighty tome of over 400 pages. I don't know how much of the Gurkhas' history has been charted, but this book may well be the definitive article.
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