Report From Malaya
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Vernon Bartlett
Bartlett was given all facilities by General Templer, the British High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya at the time, to write this book. Templer was one of the pioneers of winning hearts and minds of potential supporters of guerillas, so he was probably keen on winning the hearts and minds of the British public as well. In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War guerilla warfare was probably novel when the recent war had been won by conventional battles and bombs. So the book sets out to be a survey of the Federation at the time, an explanation of how the war was fought and why the author and his backers considered it necessary to fight it to the end. 128 pages with 15 black and white photographs. Good Hardback First Edition
Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia
Published by: Criterion Books, New York, 1955.
Condition: This is an ex library book with labels on the spine, a rear end paper and the inside back cover and stamps on the contents page, a rear end paper and inside back cover. The cover is otherwise clean The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages. |