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ISBN | 9789814747097 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Bib. Info | 108p. Includes Bibliographical References and Index |
Product Weight | 154 gms. |
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1. Communism – Singapore – History – 20th Century 2. Singapore – History – 20th Century This book examines the origins of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in the inter-War years and its subsequent development against the wider backdrop of the Cold War. The chameleon-like CPM, in its determined quest to set up a Communist Republic of Malaya and Singapore, mounted a violent rural insurgency in Malaya and later shifted to urban subversion of the bourgeoning anti-colonial left-wing movement in Singapore itself. It was a gambit that almost succeeded. Contemporary Singapore’s emphasis on law and order cannot be understood without reference to its long twilight struggle with the CPM, a fateful conflict that ended only in 1989.