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    Templer and the Road to Malayan Independence: The Man and His Time
    Templer and the Road to Malayan Independence: The Man and His Time
    Templer and the Road to Malayan Independence: The Man and His Time
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    Templer and the Road to Malayan Independence: The Man and His Time

    By Leon Comber

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    Dr Comber's account of General Templer's administration in Malaya as High Commissioner and Director of Operations (1952-54) during the Malayan Emergency departs from the usually accepted orthodox assessment of his time in Malaya by focusing on the political and socio-economic aspects of his governance rather than the military. In doing so, Dr Comber has relied mainly on primary and other first-hand sources, including the confidential reports sent from Malaya by the Australian Commission to the Australian government in Canberra, and the private papers of some of the leading Malayan politicians of the time with whom Templer had dealings which have been deposited in the ISEAS Library, Singapore, many of which have not been used before.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherISEAS
    Release dateApr 1, 2015
    ISBN9789814620116
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