The War of the Running Dogs

Malaya 1948-1960

Noel Barber

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English

Weidenfeld & Nicolson
28 November 2023

Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000

Series: W&N Military

'A splendid, exciting book' Daily Mirror

'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express

Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence - but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms.

Here is the war as it was. Here are the planters and their wives on their remote rubber estates, the policemen, the generals and the soldiers, the Malays, Chinese and Indians of a polyglot country, all fighting an astute, ruthless, and well organized enemy.

By: Noel Barber
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781398715202
ISBN 10: 1398715204
Series: W&N Military
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 28 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Noel Barber has enchanted millions of readers with his bestselling non-fiction and novels. He was one of the leading foreign correspondents from the 40s to the 60s working on the Daily Mail. He was the first Briton to reach the South Pole since Scott, was stabbed five times while covering the wars in Morocco and was shot during the Hungarian uprising. He died in 1988.

Reviews for The War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960

The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book * SUNDAY EXPRESS * Ably written; a book of quality, deeply felt * SCOTSMAN * Even better than SINISTER TWILIGHT, Noel Barber's account of the fall of Singapore * SUNDAY TIMES * A splendid, exciting book * DAILY MIRROR *