Spies In The Himalayas
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Spies In The Himalayas
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Author : M. S. Kohli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Spies In The Himalayas written by M. S. Kohli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Spies in the Himalayas chronicles for the first time the details of these expeditions sanctioned by U.S. and Indian intelligence, telling the story of clandestine climbs and hair-raising exploits. Led by legendary Indian mountaineer Mohan S. Kohli, conqueror of Everest, the mission was beset by hazardous climbs, weather delays, aborted attempts, and even missing radioactive materials that may or may not still pose contamination threat to Indian rivers.
Spy On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Sydney Wignall
language : en
Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
Release Date : 1999-02-01
Spy On The Roof Of The World written by Sydney Wignall and has been published by Diane Books Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-01 with categories.
The story of the Welsh Himalayan expedition, organized by Sydney Wignall in 1955 to climb Tibet's highest mountain, Gurla Mandhata. To protect the lives of those involved, it was over 40 years before this riveting true story could be told. Wignall and 2 of his companions had been recruited by Indian intelligence to report on Chinese military operations in Tibet. The unlikely spies were captured and imprisoned by the Chinese Red Army. The Chinese released the 3 spies, and their trek to safety across a deadly Himalayan pass in the depth of winter is an amazing testament to the will to survive. B&W photos.
Spy On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Sydney Wignall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Spy On The Roof Of The World written by Sydney Wignall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
When Sydney Wignall Set Off On A Climbing Expedition To The Himalayas In The 1950S, Little Did He Realize That He Was Embarking On An Extraordinary And Life-Threatening Adventure Which Would Involve Both The Indian And Chinese Governments At The Highest Level. Betrayed By One Of The Many Spies Operating On The Nepalese Border With Tibet, His Group Was Captured By The People S Liberation Army. Their Subsequent Escape To Freedom Over The Himalayas In Mid-Winter Is One Of Mountaineering S Great Epics.
Spying For The Raj
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Author : Jules Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
Release Date : 2006
Spying For The Raj written by Jules Stewart and has been published by Sutton Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
In the 1860s, Captain Thomas Montgomerie trained natives to be surveyors, and had them explore the region covertly. These men, known as pundits, were disguised as lamas (holy men). This book talks about these servants of the Raj who managed to map the Himalayas and Tibet, helping the British to consolidate their rule in the Indian sub-continent.
Himalaya
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Author : Ed Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-08-27
Himalaya written by Ed Douglas and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-27 with Social Science categories.
'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' Telegraph This is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZE An epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains: here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen, Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Mughals. Featuring scholars and tyrants, bandits and CIA agents, go-betweens and revolutionaries, Himalaya is a panoramic, character-driven history on the grandest but also the most human scale, by far the most comprehensive yet written, encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art, and bursting with stories of courage and resourcefulness. 'Magisterial' The Times 'His observations are sharp...his writing glows' New York Review of Books SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE
Spy On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Sydney Wignall
language : en
Publisher: Lyons and Burford Publishers
Release Date : 1996
Spy On The Roof Of The World written by Sydney Wignall and has been published by Lyons and Burford Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Espionage, British categories.
A riveting adventure memoir chronicling Wignall's 1955 participation in an expedition to climb Tibet's highest mountain, Gurla Mandhata, and his not so incidental spy activities as part of a covert Indian intelligence operation. The author and his companions were subsequently captured by the Chinese, imprisoned, tortured, and finally released only to face a trek across a Himalayan pass while suffering from malnourishment and dysentry. It's the kind of story that a fiction writer would be hard pressed to invent and is told with great aplomb and even humor. Lacks an index and bibliography. Includes photographs and maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Spy On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Sydney Wignall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Spy On The Roof Of The World written by Sydney Wignall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
When Sydney Wignall set off on a climbing expedition to the Himalayas in the 1950s, he little imagined he would become embroiled in an extraordinary, life-threatening adventure that would involve both Indian and Chinese governments at the highest level.
Mapping The Great Game
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Author : Riaz Dean
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2020-01-19
Mapping The Great Game written by Riaz Dean and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-19 with History categories.
The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography. In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Mapping the region and gaining knowledge of the enemy were crucial to the interests of both sides. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India began in the 18th century with the aim of creating a detailed map of the subcontinent. Under the leadership of George Everest—whose name was later bestowed to the world’s tallest mountain—the it mapped the Great Arc running from the country’s southern tip to the Himalayas. Much of the work was done by Indian explorers known as Pundits. They were the first to reveal the mysteries of the forbidden city of Lhasa, and discover the true course of Tibet’s mighty Tsangpo River. These explorers performed essential information gathering for the British Empire and filled in large portions of the map of Asia. Their adventurous exploits are vividly recounted in Mapping the Great Game.
Himalayan Spy
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Author : Tariq H Malik
language : en
Publisher: Writers Club Press
Release Date : 2001
Himalayan Spy written by Tariq H Malik and has been published by Writers Club Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
This novel has three significant parts. It is a story about a lonely boy from Himalayas who leaves the mountains in search of new life. Every step he takes, he falls into new crisis. The unearthly forces, or so-called celestial forces, step up to save his life. He grows up a fine young man. The AIC, Allied Intelligence Corporation is looking for someone compatible to the newly developed system of Remote Viewing for covert operation—by programming the mind and controlling it. The character of this story has the right profile for the job. The Synthetic Spirit System has been uploaded into mind. He is a new person until arrested in Iran for spying. But his boss, the chief of the Corporation is not after success of the formula of Synthetic Spirit System, Remote Viewing or project Mind-And-Machine. He has collaborated with Iranian and Chinese. The main character finds out that his boss wants him dead. Only then the insurance on the project can be cashed. The character escapes from the Middle East, where he is on a mission, and returns to Himalayas.
Spies And Commandos
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Author : Kenneth Conboy
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2000-03-16
Spies And Commandos written by Kenneth Conboy and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-16 with History categories.
During the Vietnam war, the United States sought to undermine Hanoi's subversion of the Saigon regime by sending Vietnamese operatives behind enemy lines. A secret to most Americans, this covert operation was far from secret in Hanoi: all of the commandos were killed or captured, and many were turned by the Communists to report false information. Spies and Commandos traces the rise and demise of this secret operation-started by the CIA in 1960 and expanded by the Pentagon beginning in1964-in the first book to examine the program from both sides of the war. Kenneth Conboy and Dale Andrade interviewed CIA and military personnel and traveled in Vietnam to locate former commandos who had been captured by Hanoi, enabling them to tell the complete story of these covert activities from high-level decision making to the actual experiences of the agents. The book vividly describes scores of dangerous missions-including raids against North Vietnamese coastal installations and the air-dropping of dozens of agents into enemy territory-as well as psychological warfare designed to make Hanoi believe the "resistance movement" was larger than it actually was. It offers a more complete operational account of the program than has ever been made available-particularly its early years-and ties known events in the war to covert operations, such as details of the "34-A Operations" that led to the Tonkin Gulf incidents in 1964. It also explains in no uncertain terms why the whole plan was doomed to failure from the start. One of the remarkable features of the operation, claim the authors, is that its failures were so glaring. They argue that the CIA, and later the Pentagon, was unaware for years that Hanoi had compromised the commandos, even though some agents missed radio deadlines or filed suspicious reports. Operational errors were not attributable to conspiracy or counterintelligence, they contend, but simply to poor planning and lack of imagination. Although it flourished for ten years under cover of the wider war, covert activity in Vietnam is now recognized as a disaster. Conboy and Andrade's account of that episode is a sobering tale that lends a new perspective on the war as it reclaims the lost lives of these unsung spies and commandos.