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The War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960

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Full Title:

The War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960

Contributors:

By (Author) Noel Barber

ISBN:

9781398715202

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publication Date:

28th November 2023

UK Publication Date:

17th August 2023

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Asian history
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
Specific wars and campaigns
Modern warfare

Dewey:

959.504

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

336

Dimensions:

Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 32mm

Weight:

250g

Description

'A splendid, exciting book' Daily Mirror

'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.

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 *

Author Bio

Noel Barber has enchanted millions of readers with his bestselling non-fiction and novels. He was one of the leading foreign correspondents from the 40s to the 60s working on the Daily Mail. He was the first Briton to reach the South Pole since Scott, was stabbed five times while covering the wars in Morocco and was shot during the Hungarian uprising. He died in 1988.

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