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Red star over Malaya resistance and social conflict during and after the Japanese occupation of Malaya, 1941-46

'Red Star Over Malaya' describes inter-racial relations between Malays and Chinese during the final stages of the Japanese Occupation and its aftermath. In 1841, none of the three major races - Malays, Chinese, and Indians - regarded themselves as 'Malayans' with a common identit...

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Main Author: Cheah, Boon Kheng
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore NUS Press 2012
Edition:4th ed.
Series:Southeast Asian classic reprints
Subjects:
Communism > Malaysia > Malaya > History
Malaya > Politics and government
Malaya > Ethnic relations
Malaya > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt.1. The Roots of Conflict
  • Malaya's Plural Society in 1941
  • The Social Impact of the Japanese Occupation of Malaya, 1942-1945
  • The MCP and the Anti-Japanese Movement
  • The Malay Independence Movement
  • pt.II. The Contest for Postwar Malaya, 1945-1946
  • The Post-Surrender Interregnum
  • The MPAJA Guerrillas Take Over
  • Reign of Terror
  • The Malay/ MCP/ Chinese Conflict
  • Conflict between the Communists and the BMA
  • The Malay-British Conflict
  • Conclusion

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