Download or read book From Insurgent to Citizen: World War, Insurgency, and Confrontation in Malaya and Singapore written by Thomas Swee Leong Chow and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a first-person account of an overseas Chinese who was involved in the armed struggle for the independence of Malaya and Singapore and who evolved through several roles during these tumultuous times -- from an anti-Japanese agent in World War II, to a communist guerrilla leader during the Emergency and subsequently to a citizen who worked for the Special Branch to defend the nation during Confrontation.The book also offers an in-depth first-person account of the history, operational methodology, struggles and ultimate failure of the Malayan Communist Party in this armed struggle and provides an in-depth analysis from a direct participant of these events. It describes the zeitgeist of the time amongst overseas Chinese in Malaya and Singapore -- in the prelude to and the aftermath of World War II and the subsequent struggle of independence in a world where they had hitherto been second-class residents. Due to the inherent secrecy of the clandestine Malayan Communist Party, many of the events described in the book were not previously known; events that the protagonist in his old age now wishes to record for posterity.