Includes maps of: India - Tibet.

War and peace in Nepal -- Dacoits and small wars -- Gurkhas at Delhi -- Character and characteristics -- On India's North-West Frontier -- The North-East Frontier -- Recruiting -- World War I: France -- World War I: Gallipoli -- World War I: Suez and Mesopotamia -- Officers -- Relationships -- Festivals -- Home and family -- Catastrophes -- World War II: preparing for battle -- World War II: North Africa -- World War II: South-East Asia -- World War II: Italy -- World War II: retreat from Burma -- World War II: Chindits -- World War II: back to Burma -- Military occupations -- Independence and Partition -- Transition -- The savage wars of peace -- Borneo -- Reduction in force and retirement -- Today and tomorrow -- Appendix A. Ranks in Gurkha Regiments -- Appendix B. Hindu religious and social division -- Appendix C. Progressive title changes in Gurkha Infantry while in British service -- Appendix D. The Gurkha tribes.