Massacre in Malaya: Exposing Britain's My Lai

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Cover; Title Page; Epigraph; Contents; Acknowledgements and Sources; A Brief Note on Terms; Preface: 'Grossly Unreasonable Force'; Part One: The Four C's of Colonialism; 1 The Battlefield; 2 The Making of British Malaya; 3 The Racial State; Part Two: The Japanese Crucible; 1 A Nation Is Like a Fish; 2 The Other Side of History; 3 Tennouheika Banzai!; 4 Fighting Back; Part Three: Malaya Ablaze; 1 On the Brink; 2 Infernos; 3 The Empire Reborn; 4 The Communist Dilemma; 5 The Road to Revolt; 6 The Meaning of Emergency; 7 The War Without a Name; 8 Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns.;The Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) was the longest war fought by British and Commonwealth forces in the 20th century. Today this 'war without a name' is largely forgotten, though it had a powerful and secret influence on American strategy in Vietnam. Drawing upon recently released files from the National Archives, Massacre in Malaya will unfold a compelling narrative based on eye-witness accounts from both government forces and Communist fighters, and will expose the truth about the notorious massacre of Chinese villagers at Batang Kali, Furthermore, it will show that British tactics in Malaya. Cover Title Page Epigraph Contents Acknowledgements and Sources A Brief Note on Terms Preface: 'Grossly Unreasonable Force' Part One: The Four C's of Colonialism 1 The Battlefield 2 The Making of British Malaya 3 The Racial State Part Two: The Japanese Crucible 1 A Nation Is Like a Fish 2 The Other Side of History 3 Tennouheika Banzai! 4 Fighting Back Part Three: Malaya Ablaze 1 On the Brink 2 Infernos 3 The Empire Reborn 4 The Communist Dilemma 5 The Road to Revolt 6 The Meaning of Emergency 7 The War Without a Name 8 Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns. 9 A Very British Massacre10 Advantage Chin Peng 11 The War on the Squatters 12 The Lowest Ebb Part Four: Remaking Malaya 1 War on Hearts and Minds 2 A Terrifying Combination of Crassness and Voodoo 3 Malaya's Secret Wars 4 A War Without End? Select Bibliography Notes Plate Section Copyright.