1st Edition
Malaysia's Defeat of Armed Communism The Second Emergency, 1968-1989
1. Introduction 2. Fighting Big Wars and Small Wars: Approaching COIN and Maoist Revolutionary War 3. Strategy of the CPM’s Revived Armed Struggle: Retreat, Reform and Revival (1948-1981) 4. The Role of Mass Persuasion in Revolutionary War 5. Response of the Post-colonial State: The Persistence of the Colonial COIN Template (1968-1981) 6. The Making of a Winning State: Lessons in Post-colonial COIN and Nation-building 7. Conclusion
Biography
Ong Weichong is an Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
'Ong Weichong illuminates a neglected chapter in the history of counterinsurgency (COIN) in Southeast Asia. Most studies end their assessment of the Malayan Emergency in 1960, and from this a number of COIN lessons and principles have been derived. As Ong argues, COIN campaigns may be longer and costlier then we have been led to believe. His peerless examination of the "Second Emergency" (1968-1981) is convincing in breadth of sources and depth of analysis. Malaysia's Defeat of Armed Communism is a must-read for serious scholars of COIN and irregular warfare.' – James D. Kiras, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, USA
