Raj, J. J., Dato' Sri Sentosa Setia Diraja, 1923-

The struggle for Malaysian independence / J.J. Raj (Jr.) ; with a foreword by Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. - Petaling Jaya, Selangor : MPH Group Pub., c2007. - xxxiv, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

1. The struggle for Malaysian independence - 2. War clouds over Malaya: Japanese occupation - 3. Reign of terror by the MPAJA after the Japanese surrender, September-December 1945 - 4. MCP prepares for rebellion - 5. The gallant rubber planters of Malaya - 6. General Sir Gerald Templer takes command - the end of MCP - 7. OCPD Pagoh - a communist stronghold - 8. The Malay warriors of Bukit Kepong Police, 1950 - 9. CPO Perak outwits CT ambush - 10. A close-up of the Baling talks, 1955 - 11. The rise and fall of the Malayan communist party (MCP) - 12. Malaysian police: over the years, 1786-2005 - 13. A close-up view of a New Village in the early 1950s - 14. Town and state elections leading to federal indepence - 15. The racial riots of May 13, 1969 - 16. Undercover work in Sarawak - breakthrougth new political dimension, 1966-1972 - 17. Serious racial riots averted by IGP - 18. Teaching of Malaysian history and racial harmony in schools - 19. Malaysia's war against corruption - 20. Retrospection - what of the future of Malaysians?.

9789833698110 (hbk.) 9833698115 (hbk.)


Malaysia--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Malaysia--History.
Malaysia--Politics and government--History.

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