The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire

ISBN-13: 9781107439481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 340 str.

Milton Keynes) Hack Karl (The Open University

Opis

The first in-depth and multi-perspective study of anti-colonial resistance and counterinsurgency in the Malayan Emergency and its impact on Malaysia.

Recenzje

'Karl Hack has written the definitive history of the Malayan Emergency. He examines the event from the multiple perspectives of the government, the insurgents and the local people. This is outstanding scholarship dealing with one of the defining moments in Malaysian history and the Cold War in Southeast Asia.' Danny Wong, University of Malaya

Spis treści

1. Introduction and overview; 2. Fatal decisions: late 1947 to 20 June 1948; 3. Terror, counter-terror and pressure: June 1948 to January 1949; 4. Bureaucratic counter-terror and MNLA main forces: January 1949 to February 1950; 5. The Briggs plan: March 1950 to November 1951; 6. Chin Peng and communist plans: October 1950 to early 1954; 7. Templer: November 1951 to early 1953; 8. Optimising Counterinsurgency: 1952 to 1960; 9. Politics, Decolonisation and Counterinsurgency: 1952 to 1960; 10. Conclusion. Historiography, myths and 'lessons'; Appendix 1: Emergency statistics (casualties, full time police strength); Appendix 2: The second Malayan emergency, 1968-1989; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.