The Malayan Emergency : Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire Paperback / softback
by Karl (The Open University, Milton Keynes) Hack
Part of the Cambridge Military Histories series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Malayan Emergency of 1948–1960 has been scrutinised for 'lessons' about how to win counterinsurgencies from the Vietnam War to twenty-first century Afghanistan.
This book brings our understanding of the conflict up to date by interweaving government and insurgent accounts and looking at how they played out at local level.
Drawing on oral history, recent memoirs and declassified archival material from the UK and Asia, Karl Hack offers a comprehensive, multi-perspective account of the Malayan Emergency and its impact on Malaysia.
He sheds new light on questions about terror and violence against civilians, how insurgency and decolonisation interacted and how revolution was defeated.
He considers how government policies such as pressurising villagers, resettlement and winning 'hearts and minds' can be judged from the perspective of insurgents and civilians.
This timely book is the first truly multi-perspective and in-depth study of anti-colonial resistance and counterinsurgency in the Malayan Emergency.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:340 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107439481
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:340 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107439481
