The War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960 - W&N Military (Paperback)
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The War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960 - W&N Military (Paperback)

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Paperback 352 Pages
Published: 07/10/2004

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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.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9780304366712
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 283 g
Dimensions: 196 x 131 x 23 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

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

Ably written; a book of quality, deeply felt - SCOTSMAN

Even better than SINISTER TWILIGHT, Noel Barber's account of the fall of Singapore - SUNDAY TIMES

A splendid, exciting book - DAILY MIRROR

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Ian

“Gripping and Informative”

A highly informative and thoughtful insight into the Malayan Emergency. The author makes the point of using actual testimonies and reports during the time. This book has real resonance with me as my Mother and Father... More

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