From Insurgent To Citizen: World War, Insurgency, And Confrontation In Malaya And Singapore

di Thomas Swee Leong Chow (Autore)

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2023

This is a first-person account of an overseas Chinese who was involved in the armed struggle for the independence of Malaya and Singapore and who evolved through several roles during those tumultuous times — from an anti-Japanese agent in World War II, to a communist guerrilla leader during the Emergency and subsequently to a citizen who worked for the Special Branch to defend the nation during Confrontation.The book also offers an in-depth first-person account of the history, operational methodology, struggles and ultimate failure of the Malayan Communist Party in the armed struggle and provides an in-depth analysis from a direct participant of those events. It describes the zeitgeist of the time amongst overseas Chinese in Malaya and Singapore — in the prelude to and the aftermath of World War II and the subsequent struggle of independence in a world where they had hitherto been second-class residents. Due to the inherent secrecy of the clandestine Malayan Communist Party, many of the events described in the book were not previously known; events that the protagonist in his old age now wishes to record for posterity.

• Autore: Thomas Swee Leong Chow
• Editore: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 192 p.
• EAN: 9789811272943

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