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Bezig met laden... War of the Running Dogs: Malaya, 1948-1960door Noel Barber
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Well written account of the (not) war in Malaysia from 1948 - 60. The (not) part refers to the fact that it remained undeclared for insurance purposes. The British ultimately took the smart tactic of keeping the struggle within the command of the police, with help from the army. The brutality of the Chinese communists was sad and normal, unfortunately. Reccommended. ( ) Narrative account of the Malayan emergency between 1948-1960. The book is written from the point of view of the victors and gives us a good picture of how the engagement of the local Malay people was essential to the ultimate defeat of the Communist terrorists. My fault with this book which was an enjoyable read,was that it seemed to reduce the conflict to fights between "Cowboys " and "Indians" rather than an objective historical record of events leading to the independence of Malaya and the end of British rule. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence - but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms. Here is the war as it was. Here are the planters and their wives on their remote rubber estates, the policemen, the generals and the soldiers, the Malays, Chinese and Indians of a polyglot country, all fighting an astute, ruthless, and well organized enemy. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)959.5History and Geography Asia Southeast Asia Malaysia; Singapore; BruneiLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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