The history of communism in Malaya (including Singapore) almost
coincided with the rise and fall of communism worldwide, best
epitomized in Europe by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Operating through the Malayan Communist Party, communism posed an
existential threat to Malaya. While the communist threat in
peninsular Malaya was manifested dramatically in armed struggle
with guerrillas in the jungle, in Singapore it was primarily in the
form of united front subversive activities, interspersed with
episodes of violence and assassinations. This new book examines the
MCP's quest for political power in Singapore in the midst of a
raging Cold War between communism and the free world, with
particular focus on events in the 1950s and 1960s. From its close
collaboration with the two leading communist great powers (USSR and
China) to its united front strategy of infiltrating student, trade
union and political organizations, the MCP's activities are related
here in a clear and engaging manner.
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