Book Description
An account of the inter-racial conflicts between Malays and Chinese during the final stages and the aftermath of the Japanese occupation. Based on extensive archival research in Malaysia, Great Britain, Japan and the United States, Red Star Over Malaya provides a riveting account of the way the Japanese occupation reshaped colonial Malaya, and of the tension-filled months that followed surrender.
Red Star Over Malaya: Resistance and Social Conflict - Cheah Boon Kheng - 9789971695088 - NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971695088
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Publisher | National University of Singapore Press |
| No. of Pages | 375 |
| Weight | 1.0 kg |
| Genre | Politics and government, Communism, Ethnic relations, History, Chinese |
An account of the inter-racial conflicts between Malays and Chinese during the final stages and the aftermath of the Japanese occupation. Based on extensive archival research in Malaysia, Great Britain, Japan and the United States, Red Star Over Malaya provides a riveting account of the way the Japanese occupation reshaped colonial Malaya, and of the tension-filled months that followed surrender.
