From Insurgent to Citizen: World War, Insurgency, and Confrontation in Malaya and Singapore

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.

Author: Thomas Swee Leong Chow
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: 03/23/2023
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9789811272943
ISBN10: 9811272948
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- History | Asia | Southeast Asia
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism