Article Details
| Title | The Malayan Emergency: A Subaltern's View |
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| Author | Sir Michael Burton KCVO CMG |
| Journal | Asian Affairs, Volume 42 Number 2 |
| Date | July 2011 |
| Introduction | Part of the article is a summary account of the background to, and the course of, the Malayan Emergency, from its beginnings in 1948, through the Briggs plan and the resettlement policy to the final defeat of the communists in 1960. The other part comprises Michael Burton's personal recollections of his experiences and challenges as a young platoon commander in the Green Jackets in 1956/1957 when the communist threat was already waning. Drawing on quotations from the regimental journal, he also describes how the soldiers carried out the tasks so essential to achieve victory. |
| Original Lecture | The Malayan Emergency |
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