Format:
1 Online-Ressource (278 pages)
ISBN:
9789814620116
Content:
Dr Comber's account of General Templer's administration in Malaya as High Commissioner and Director of Operations (1952-54) during the Malayan Emergency departs from the usually accepted orthodox assessment of his time in Malaya by focusing on the political and socioeconomic aspects of his governance rather than the military. In doing so, Dr Comber has relied mainly on primary and other first-hand sources, including the confidential reports sent from Malaya by the Australian Commission to the Australian government in Canberra, and the private papers of some of the leading Malayan politicians of the time with whom Templer had dealings which have been deposited in the ISEAS Library, Singapore, many of which have not been used before
Content:
"Table of Contents" -- "Foreword by Prof A.B. Shamsul" -- "Prologue" -- "1. The Background: The Appointment of General Sir Gerald Templer as High Commissioner and Director of Operations, Malaya (1952â54)" -- "2. The Early Days: General Templer in Kuala Lumpur â Political Background" -- "3. The Templer Plan: The Implementation of General Templerâs Political Directive" -- "4. Victor Purcell and Francis Carnell, Honorary MCA Political Advisers, AugustâSeptember 1952" -- "5. General Sir Gerald Templer, The MCA, and the Kinta Valley Home Guard (1952â1954)" -- "6. The Case of Lee Meng â A Cause Célèbre: The System of Justice in Malaya (1952)" -- "7. The Road to Self-Government: âThe Pistols Are Outâ" -- "8. Conclusion: General Templerâs Departure" -- "Appendix A: Directive to General Sir Gerald Templer by the British Government" -- "Appendix B: General Sir Gerald Templer: A Short Biographical Note" -- "Bibliography" -- "Index" -- "About the Author
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789814620109
Additional Edition:
Print version Comber, Leon Templer and the road to Malayan Independence SG : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,c2015 ISBN 9789814620109
Language:
English
