CHAPTER 5. MANPOWER

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PROLOGUE: NO SMALL WAR 1
4. CHAPTER 1. MERCENARIES, C ONTRACTORS, AND OTHER HIRED GUNS 23
5. CHAPTER 2. NEPALIS AT WAR 40
6. CHAPTER 3. ONE BLAST, MANY LIVES 55
7. CHAPTER 4. COSTS AND COMPENSATION 70
8. CHAPTER 5. MANPOWER 79
9. CHAPTER 6. TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF GURKHA S 90
10. CHAPTER 7. “WHO WILL BE A GURKHA ?” 102
11. CHAPTER 8. THROUGH THE COLONIAL LOOKING GLASS 115
12. CHAPTER 9. THE LABOR OF W AR 130
13. CHAPTER 10. A PROTECTIVE GOVERNMENT? 150
14. CHAPTER 11. OF ROSES AND REVOLUTIONS 164
15. CHAPTER 12. ECONOMIC OTTOMANS 180
16. CHAPTER 13. TURKISH ENGINEERS AND OTHER HEROES OF THE INTERVENTION 194
17. CHAPTER 14. BUILDING AN EMPIRE? 208
18. CHAPTER 15. DETAINED 218
19. CHAPTER 16. KIDNAPPED 233
20. CHAPTER 17. HOM BAHADUR 249
21. CHAPTER 18. THE BOREDOM OF BEING TRAFFICKED 260
22. CHAPTER 19. ACCOUNTANTS AT WAR 273
23. CHAPTER 20. CLASSES AND GENDERS AT WAR 290
24. CHAPTER 21. RETURNING ABROAD 303
25. CHAPTER 22. WHEN YOU CAN’T GO HOME 317
26. CHAPTER 23. WHERE THE W AR WENT 332
27. A NOTE ON THE RESEARCH 347
28. TIME LINE OF RELEVANT DATES 351
29. NOTES 355
30. SOURCES 377
31. INDEX 389