The Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) – Can Lessons be drawn for Present Day Situations?
MAJ Lim, Yu Sing
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Following the success of the British insurgency during the Malayan Emergency, there has been a countless host of works aimed at uncovering the ‘lessons’ to be learnt from their victory in Malaya. This essay explores whether the lessons learnt from the case of the Malayan Emergency, are indeed a practical template to base future counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns on or, if the British Army’s success was uniquely contextual to the situation in Malaya at the time; that it cannot be replicated in other COIN campaigns since each insurgency has a distinct political and socio-economic character. The essay continues with an in-depth study of the situation during the Malayan Emergency, in an attempt to find out what the unique factors were that led to their success, what can and cannot be used as a ‘template’ for other COIN campaigns.
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Source:
Pointer Vol. 41, No. 3
Series:
Pointer Article ; Vol. 41, No. 3
Language:
English
BRN:
129567