The Malayan emergency revisited 1948-1960 : a pictorial history

This book tells in pictorial form the story of the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). It opens in 1930 with the formation of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), which saw itself as part of the global struggle against the twin evils of capitalism and colonialism. The spread of communist ideology, however, was disrupted by the Second World War, during which the Japanese Imperial Army invaded British Malaya.The MCP joined forces with the British to fight the Japanese occupiers by forming the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Arm (MPAJA), while the British provided weapons and equipment and trained MPAJA members.When the war ended, the communist guerrillas turned against their erstwhile British allies, now calling themselves the Malayan Peoples' Anti British Army (MPABA). [author, Mohd. Azzam Mohd. Hanif Ghows] ; [sponsored By] Uem Group. A Pictorial History. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 382-384) And Index.