{"product_id":"the-politics-of-the-malayan-communist-party-from-1930-to-1948-9789813252585","title":"The Politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Lockwood\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: National University of Singapore Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: National University of Singapore Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism \u0026amp; Socialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new evaluation of the history of the Malayan Communist Party.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By 1946, the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) had become one of the most successful communist parties in Asia. From its foundation in 1930, it had built up a membership in the thousands, mainly among Chinese and Indian workers in Malaya. When the Japanese arrived, the MCP organized the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), the only effective resistance force. After the War, when the British returned, the Party launched a legal campaign for independence, but by 1948, the MCP had surrendered its achievements and taken many members underground to launch a disastrous, failed insurrection against the British. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To understand these momentous turns of history, a fresh view is required of the Malayan Communist Party as a political actor. \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948\u003c\/i\u003e gives a political history of the Party and explains why the MCP self-destructed in 1948. In particular, David Lockwood questions assumptions that post-war politics led inevitably to armed struggle and questions the accepted narrative of Party Chairman Lai Tek's treachery. This is a revisionist history of a period, and political force, that has left a lasting mark on the politics of Malaya and Singapore.","brand":"National University of Singapore Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47578512392343,"sku":"9789813252585","price":3762.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789813252585.webp?v=1774906306","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-politics-of-the-malayan-communist-party-from-1930-to-1948-9789813252585","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}