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"Absolute War" tells the story of the greatest and most terrible
land-air conflict of all time: the war between Nazi Germany and
Soviet Russia. There have been many individual accounts of
particular moments in the vicious war between the Nazi regime and
the Sovet behemoth, but none which sets out to tell the full and
dreadful story of that absolute war: absolute because both sides
aimed to 'exterminate the opponent, to destroy his political
existence' and total because it was fought by all elements of
society, not simply the armed forces, but civilians - men, women,
children - too. Chris Bellamy, Profesor of Military Science at
Cranfield University, is one of the wolrd's leading experts on this
subject and has been working on this book for almost a decade. It
benefits from his remarkable insight into strategic issues as well
as exhaustive research in hitherto unopened Russian archives. It is
the definitive study of what the Soviets called - and what their
fifteen successor states still call - the Great Patriotic War.
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The Gurkhas (Paperback)
Chris Bellamy
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R349
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Discovery Miles 2 860
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The Gurkhas have fought on behalf of Britain and India for nearly
two hundred years. As brave as they are resilient, resourceful and
cunning, they have earned a reputation as devastating fighters, and
their unswerving loyalty to the Crown has always inspired affection
in the British people. There are also now up to 40,000 Gurkhas in
the million-strong army of modern India. But who are the Gurkhas?
How much of the myth that surrounds them is true? Award-winning
historian Chris Bellamy uncovers the Gurkhas' origins in the Hills
of Nepal, the extraordinary circumstances in which the British
decided to recruit them and their rapid emergence as elite troops
of the East India Company, the British Raj and the British Empire.
Their special aptitude meant they were used as the first British
'Special Forces'. Bellamy looks at the wars the Gurkhas have fought
this century, from the two world wars through the Falklands to Iraq
and Afghanistan and examines their remarkable status now, when each
year 11,000 hopefuls apply for just over 170 places in the British
Army Gurkhas. Extraordinarily compelling, this book brings the
history of the Gurkhas, and the battles they have fought, right up
to date, and explores their future.
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