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The War of the Running Dogs
Cover Notes On June 16, 1948, the jungles of Malaya gave birth to terror. In one bold stroke, Communist insurgents shattered Malaya’s post-World War quiet with ruthless, well-planned attacks on two targets: the British colonialists, mostly planters and tin miners who considered Malaya their home and the native populace who, by sheer intimidation, were to be turned into tools of the revolution supplying food and material-and bodies-for the ambitions of the National Liberation Army. It was a war of weird ironies: a battle for freedom, when the British had already volunteered to give Malaya its independence; a duel between bitter enemies who, a few years earlier, had shared danger and deprivation fighting the Japanese. And it was new kind of war, waged from the depths of impenetrable jungle, with hit and run tactics that forced the British to devise unorthodox responses, military and political-including the secretive, incredibly efficient SAS-that turned a rout into one of the great victories of the post World War period. Filled with fascinating stories and colourful characters-from the British-trained Communist mastermind Chin Peng to Irene Lee, the beautiful and deadly SAS operative who, pistol hidden in her brassiere, single-handedly cracked open the Communists’ courier network-this is the detailed, gripping account of the bitter, twelve-year-long “War of the Running Dogs” Reviews
Arthur Owen rated this book Excellent It gives an excellent insight into a little known but important conflict. If the Americans had followed the British example, they would have probably won the Vietnam War. Rufus Cole rated this book Average Secondhand knowledge presented in a third rate manner. Unbelievable in places and I was there. Sean Dineen rated this book Excellent The finest book ever written on resettlement and the political aspects of a war. I used it to help write a master's thesis on counter-insurgary. Good example of what went right and demonstrates the value of propaganda resettlement and the personalities which led to victory. Write you own review of this Book
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