Malaysia and the Cold War Era

ISBN-13: 9781032236780 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 342 str.

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Opis

This book breaks new ground in arguing for a longer trajectory of the Cold War tracing this phenomenon back to 1920s colonial Malaya and Sarawak.

Spis treści

Abu Talib bin Ahmad: From Kampung boy to Professor of History

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I ‘Big’ Picture and ‘Small’ Picture: An Introductory Essay

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II Between Left and Right: Chinese Politics in Malaya/Malaysia,

1920s-1990s

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III Kuomintang Man behind Special Force: Wu Tiecheng and

Force 136, 1942-1945

Tan Chee Seng

IV Anti-Japanese Movement to Haadyai Peace Accord: The Mobilization

of Malayan Women in the Malayan Communist Party (MCP)

Mahani Musa

V From Malayan Union to Malayan Emergency: Nationalists’ Resistance

and Colonial Reaction in Post-war Malaya, 1946-1948

Azmi Arifin

VI Malaysia, the Cold War, and Beyond

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VII Philippines Claim over Sabah from the Cold War Perspective

Mat Zin Mat Kib

VIII The Regression of Malaysian Socioeconomic Policy: Rise of State Discrimination in the Cold War Era, 1970s-1980s

Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja

IX Malaysia and the Cold War: The Longue Durée Approach

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Appendix

1.1 Constitutional Proposals for Malaya, 1947: A Comparison

References

O autorze

Ooi Keat Gin was Professor of History and Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Research Unit (APRU), School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Since October 2019, he is an independent researcher based in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.