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‘Transmogrifying’ Malaya: the impact of Sir Gerald Templer (1952–54)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2001

Kumar Ramakrishna
Kumar Ramakrishna
Affiliation:
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, South Spine, S4, Level B4, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, iskumar@ntu.edu.sg
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Abstract

This article rebuts recent attempts to diminish Sir Gerald Templer's role in the Malayan Emergency. It contends that the revisionists overlook the decisive psychological impact of Templer's Malayan sojourn. Fundamentally, through very deliberate words and deeds, he gave both government and Malayans confidence that the communists could and would be beaten.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 79 - 92
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© 2001 The National University, Singapore

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