Malaysia's defeat of armed communism the Second Emergency, 1968-1989

The Malayan Communist Party's (MCP) decisive defeat in 1960 led many academics and counterinsurgency (COIN) experts to overlook the resurrection of its armed struggle in 1968. Most scholars continue to regard the so-called 'Second Emergency' in Malaysia (1968-1989) as a non-event, and...

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Main Author: Ong, Weichong (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2015
Series:Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia 102
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Table of Contents:
  • Fighting big wars and small wars : approaching COIN and Maoist revolutionary war
  • Strategy of the CPM's revived armed struggle : retreat, reform and revival (1948-1981)
  • The role of mass persuasion in revolutionary war
  • Response of the post-colonial state : the persistence of the colonial COIN template (1968-1981)
  • The making of a winning state : lessons in post-colonial COIN and nation-building.