Red Star over Malaya: Resistance and Social Conflict during and after the Japanese Occupation of Malaya, 1941-1946

'This is essentially a study of social conflict that surfaced in Malaya, during and after the Japanese occupation. The author concentrates on the causes of wartime inter-racial conflicts between the Malays and the Chinese, the breakdown of authority during the post-war Japanese surrender interregnum, and the confrontation between the Malayan Communist Party, the Malay population, and the British during the period of the British Military Administration.

'The author reconstructs the story of Malaya in this highly fluid and fateful period of its history with remarkable insight, and presents a balanced perspective of the highly sensitive issues of race relations and politics in Malaysia.' (Back cover)

Includes bibliography and index.

Access level

Onsite

author

CHEAH Boon Kheng

publisher

Singapore University Press (Singapore) [N/K/A NUS Press] (Singapore)

Location code

REF.CBK

Language

English

Keyword

history, war, race, colonialism, Malaysia

Publication/Creation date

1983

No of pages

366

ISBN / ISSN

9971691116

No of copies

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Introduction

Part I: The Roots of Conflict

1. Malaya's Plural Society in 1941

2. The Social Impact of the Japanese Occupation of Malaya, 1942-1945

3. The MCP and the Anti-Japanese Movement

4. The Malay Independence Movement

Part II: The Contest for Postwar Malaya, 1945-1946

5. The Post-Surrender Interregnum

6. The MPAJA Guerrillas Take Over

7. Reign of Terror

8. The Malay/ MCP/ Chinese Conflict

9. Conflict between the Communists and the BMA

10. The Malay-British Conflict

11. Conclusion

Appendices

Red Star over Malaya: Resistance and Social Conflict during and after the Japanese Occupation of Mal

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