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The Malayan emergency : revolution and counterinsurgency at the end of empire /

"Introduction and overview The 'Malayan Emergency' lasted from mid-June 1948 until 31 July 1960. At its peak in 1951-52, 40,000 troops, over 70,000 police, and more than 250,000 Home Guards confronted seven to eight thousand armed insurgents. Led by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP),...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hack, Karl (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:Cambridge military histories.
Subjects:
Malaya > History > Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960.
Malaisie occidentale > Histoire > 1948-1960 (État d'urgence)
HISTORY / Military / General.
Malaya.
1948-1960
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 1951 to early 1954
  • 7. Templer: February 1952 to early 1954
  • 8. Optimising counterinsurgency: 1952 to 1960
  • 9. Politics, decolonisation and counterinsurgency: 1952 to 1960
  • 10. Conclusion.