Suchergebnisse

Muslim discourse of liberal democracy in Indonesia Luthfi Assyaukanie -- A conservative turn in Indonesian Islam? genesis and future Robert W. Hefner -- Elections, Muslim politics and democratisation in Indonesia Azyumardi Azra

Reconciliation, unity and national development / Xanana Gusmao -- Towards reconciliation / Bishop Carlos Belo -- East Timor to 1999 / Damiel Kingsbury -- The popular consultation in the Ermera district: free, fair and secret? / Anthony Smith -- Taking the risk, paying the price / Helene van Klinken -- The TNI and the militias / Damien Kingsbury -- The militia, the military, and the people of Bobonaro district / Peter Bartu -- A reporter's view / Hidayat Djajamihardja -- The United Nations in East Timor: comparisons with Cambodia / Sue Downie -- Accountability for human rights abuses in East Timor / Annemarie Devereux -- Big states and little secessionist movements / Gerry van Klinken -- East Timor, Australia and Indonesia / Scott Burchill.

The Malayan Emergency lasted from 1948 to 1960. During these tumultuous years, following so soon after the Japanese surrender at the end of the Second World War, the whole country was once more turned upside down and the lives of the people changed. The war against the Communist Party of Malaya's determined efforts to overthrow the Malayan government involved the whole population in one form or another. Dr Comber analyses the pivotal role of the Malayan Police's Special Branch, the government's supreme intelligence agency, in defeating the communist uprising and safeguarding the security of the country. He shows for the first time how the Special Branch was organised and how it worked in providing the security forces with political and operational intelligence. His book represents a major contribution to our understanding of the Emergency and will be of great interest to all students of Malay(si)a's recent history as well as counter-guerrilla operations. It can profitably be mined, too, to see what lessons can be learned for counterinsurgency operations in other parts of the world