
The War of the Running Dogs
Malaya 1948-1960
Noel Barber(Author)
Cassell Military (Publisher)
Published on 7. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-304-36671-2 (ISBN)
Description
'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express
Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence - but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms.
Here is the war as it was. Here are the planters and their wives on their remote rubber estates, the policemen, the generals and the soldiers, the Malays, Chinese and Indians of a polyglot country, all fighting an astute, ruthless, and well organized enemy.
Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence - but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms.
Here is the war as it was. Here are the planters and their wives on their remote rubber estates, the policemen, the generals and the soldiers, the Malays, Chinese and Indians of a polyglot country, all fighting an astute, ruthless, and well organized enemy.
Reviews / Votes
The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book * SUNDAY EXPRESS * Ably written; a book of quality, deeply felt * SCOTSMAN * Even better than SINISTER TWILIGHT, Noel Barber's account of the fall of Singapore * SUNDAY TIMES * A splendid, exciting book * DAILY MIRROR *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
1 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-304-36671-2 (9780304366712)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
05/2013
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
€2.99
Available for download
Person
Bestselling author of Tanamera