Britain, Malaya and Singapore 1941-1967
by
Karl Hack
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This book explains why British defence policy and practice emerged as it did in the period 1941-67, by looking at the overlapping of colonial, military, economic and Cold War factors in the area. Its main focus is on the 1950s and the decolonisation era, but it argues that the plans and conditions...