MALAYAN EMERGENCY.

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The Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya. Third and final edition, scarce UK impression, printed in London six years after publication in Kuala Lumpur, perhaps with Vietnam in mind. This edition consolidated "the distilled knowledge and experience obtained during nine years of hard operations. That knowledge and experience will be wasted unless those members of the Security Forces who are new to this kind of operation read this book thoroughly. Do so!" (foreword).Over its three editions, this handbook was the guiding document for British counter-insurgency operations during the Malayan Emergency. Chapters introduce the region and the communist forces, the emergency regulations, and procedures for checkpoint searches, as well as offering guidance on patrolling, ambushing, artillery and air support, the "handling of aborigines by security forces", and "the employment of dogs on operations".In his foreword to the first edition, General Sir Gerald Templer, appointed by Churchill as High Commissioner to the Malayan Federation and dubbed the "Tiger of Malaya", stressed four key points: "the absolute necessity for the adoption of the immediate action drills laid down in this book"; "the vital importance of accurate and quick shooting"; "the need for offensive action"; and "the necessity in operations of this nature of discipline" (p. ix).The Kuala Lumpur printing, as with previous editions, was issued in green boards bound with chord.

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