Emergency Propaganda: The Winning of Malayan Hearts and Minds 1948-1958

by Kumar Ramakrishna

Overview

Sheds new light on the hitherto neglected years of the Emergency (1955-58) demonstrating how it was British propaganda which decisively ended the shooting war in December 1958. The study argues for a concept of 'propaganda' that embraces not merely 'words' in the form of film, radio and leaflets but also 'deeds'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136602757
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Kumar Ramakrishna is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Propaganda in the Malayan Emergency; Chapter 2 The Malayan Communist Part y and its Impact on Terrorist and Rural Chinese Confidence; Chapter 3 Propaganda in Disarray; Chapter 4 Propaganda on the Mend; Chapter 5 Propaganda Turning Point; Chapter 6 Propaganda Most Optimal;

Editorial Reviews

'Kumar is able - in an outstandingly well-researched, well-argued and well-structured book - to offer a persuasive critique of the conventional perspective ... the book is required reading for historians of Malaya and for those whose task is to counter insurgents, guerillas and terrorists.' - The International History Review

'This painstakingly researched study of propoganda in the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) should be of interest to historians of insurgency in general as well as of propoganda. It is admirable not only for its range, and its richly textured use of sources, but also for its conceptualisation of propoganda.' - Southeast Asian Studies

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