Table of Contents
Abu Talib bin Ahmad: From Kampung boy to Professor of History
Ooi Keat Gin
I ‘Big’ Picture and ‘Small’ Picture: An Introductory Essay
Ooi Keat Gin
II Between Left and Right: Chinese Politics in Malaya/Malaysia,
1920s-1990s
Ooi Keat Gin
III Kuomintang Man behind Special Force: Wu Tiecheng and
Force 136, 1942-1945
Tan Chee Seng
IV Anti-Japanese Movement to Haadyai Peace Accord: The Mobilization
of Malayan Women in the Malayan Communist Party (MCP)
Mahani Musa
V From Malayan Union to Malayan Emergency: Nationalists’ Resistance
and Colonial Reaction in Post-war Malaya, 1946-1948
Azmi Arifin
VI Malaysia, the Cold War, and Beyond
Ooi Keat Gin
VII Philippines Claim over Sabah from the Cold War Perspective
Mat Zin Mat Kib
VIII The Regression of Malaysian Socioeconomic Policy: Rise of State Discrimination in the Cold War Era, 1970s-1980s
Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja
IX Malaysia and the Cold War: The Longue Durée Approach
Ooi Keat Gin
Appendix
1.1 Constitutional Proposals for Malaya, 1947: A Comparison
References