Malayan scouts SAS a memoir of the Malayan Emergency, 1951
When Japan withdrew its occupying troops at the end of the Second World War, the Malayan economy was in crisis. Wages were low, unemployment was high, and strikes were common. The British administration dealt harshly with protestors and outlawed leftist political groups such as the Malayan Communist...
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| Call Number : | DS 597 .D87 2011 |
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| 300 | |a 224 p. |b ill. |c 25 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The Birth of a Regiment -- The Artists Rifles -- Training the Scouts -- The Houses of Parliament in Selangor -- An SAS 'Muleteer' -- Hearts and Minds -- Crime and Punishment -- The Rescue of B Squadron -- Tax, Toddy and Felix -- Clapham and the Fallen Men -- The Irregular Patrol -- Duel in the Shade -- Emperor Kang and Bad News -- The Happy Word and the Round Robin -- The Cock Fight -- Min Yah and Fight Night -- The Phantom Organist -- Christmas Gifts and the Bleating of Poles -- No Pay and Operation Titus -- The End of the War | |
| 520 | |a When Japan withdrew its occupying troops at the end of the Second World War, the Malayan economy was in crisis. Wages were low, unemployment was high, and strikes were common. The British administration dealt harshly with protestors and outlawed leftist political groups such as the Malayan Communist Party, whose military wing, the Malayan Races Liberation Army, began a successful guerrilla campaign against the symbols of colonial power, the mines and plantations. In desperation the British Army resurrected a force that had been disbanded after the Second World War: the SAS. Reformed as the Malayan Scouts, their task was to succeed where normal soldiering had failed and take the fight to the insurgents in the jungle, operating as guerrillas themselves. The Malayan Scouts (SAS) is the story of one soldier's experiences of SAS operations during the Malayan Emergency, fighting a ruthless enemy in a hostile environment. The British did not always cover themselves with glory, and it is a tale of mutiny, cruelty, and violence as much as comradeship and bravery. Yet it is a story that should be told. | ||
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