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"It tells the story with no holds barred: war as war is. A compelling reminder of deep jungle operations." - General Sir Peter de la Billihre
"Lively, accurate... this book is one of true adventure" - Medal News
Voted FHM Magazine's 'best ink of the month'. - FHM Magazine
"Lively, accurate... this book is one of true adventure" - Medal News
Voted FHM Magazine's 'best ink of the month'. - FHM Magazine
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In search of adventure, Roy joined the Malay police at the height of a bitter ten year campaign against communist terrorists. He was 22 and had no experience of jungle warfare.
Within a year he had become the youngest ever commander of a jungle fort and platoon operating deep within enemy controlled territory. Reliant on uncertain intelligence, he led his platoon through a series of offensive patrols and carried the war to the terrorists on their own ground.
Faced by this deadly enemy, Roy was also forced to confront an unknown but equally threatening environment. Stampeding elephants, swarming ants and prowling tigers competed with the terrorists for the lives of his men. The jungle itself constantly tried to deceive even the most wary navigator, whilst offering little respite from the relentless rain and draining humidity.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The best book I've read on or about the Malayan Emergency - and I've read a few. Not too much analysis about the global geo-politics, just a great account of what it was like to be at the sharp end, and not in some fashionable county regiment either, but with the Malayan para-military police field force. A cracking read.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I stumbled across this book whilst looking for Vietnam era books and quickly found this book to be an invaluable insight into jungle warfare and fighting a communist based insurgency, albeit from a British POV in Malaya in the 1950's.
This book is a first person account by Roy Follows, a young adventure seeking British citizen who joins the Malayan police at the height of the Malayan emergency. He quickly gains the respect of his men and leads many patrols into the inhospitable jungle to search out terrorist communists.
This book is much more though than an account of the endless hours spent trudging through jungle looking for a fight, it shows how a naive young man grows to adapt to his surroundings, matures, learns to speak Malayan, and how to cope with the many, many dangers in the jungle.
There is also compassion from Follows towards both his native men and the innocent civillians caught in the middle of an insurgency, and anger at those British and Malayan citizens who show ingnorance to the work that he and his men are trying to conduct, and an almost absurd love of the harsh jungle life and the adventure that his exploits bring.
Follows also has many of his diary entries included throughout the book, and it gives a good insight into the atmosphere of the times, and the emotion of a young man in his twenties writing fresh from coming of a patrol.
This book has both its darker sides and its lighter sides and his story moves at quite a pace, you'll probably be surprised to find your almost finished when it feels like the books only just begun.
All in all a great read, about a conflict that is little known, and by a small group of men who spent every day for years fighting this war.
This book is a first person account by Roy Follows, a young adventure seeking British citizen who joins the Malayan police at the height of the Malayan emergency. He quickly gains the respect of his men and leads many patrols into the inhospitable jungle to search out terrorist communists.
This book is much more though than an account of the endless hours spent trudging through jungle looking for a fight, it shows how a naive young man grows to adapt to his surroundings, matures, learns to speak Malayan, and how to cope with the many, many dangers in the jungle.
There is also compassion from Follows towards both his native men and the innocent civillians caught in the middle of an insurgency, and anger at those British and Malayan citizens who show ingnorance to the work that he and his men are trying to conduct, and an almost absurd love of the harsh jungle life and the adventure that his exploits bring.
Follows also has many of his diary entries included throughout the book, and it gives a good insight into the atmosphere of the times, and the emotion of a young man in his twenties writing fresh from coming of a patrol.
This book has both its darker sides and its lighter sides and his story moves at quite a pace, you'll probably be surprised to find your almost finished when it feels like the books only just begun.
All in all a great read, about a conflict that is little known, and by a small group of men who spent every day for years fighting this war.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Roy's work is a great read, effortlessly combining the adventurous elements of military history and travel writing. The characters he worked with are vividly brought to life through his personal accounts of unsung victories and embarrassing botch ups. If you've enjoyed reading about the exploits of our special forces in the recent glut of SAS books, then you're bound to enjoy this. Maybe you'll even learn a thing or two about how the SAS got their current knowledge on jungle survival...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Superb
A long forgotten war that will unfortunately, have little appeal to the general reader. For old hands of that part of the world it is a great read: you can almost smell the jungle... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Eyespy
The Jungle Beat: Fighting Terrorists in Malaya
excellent book that was informative and gripping; unable to put the book down. Really made you imagine how awful the conditions were for this often forgotten conflict. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2010 by Mrs. Denise Somers
Blackhawk
This is a highly readable personal account of the author's experiences in the Malayan Emergency. It falls in with other similar accounts, such as Oliver Crawford's "The Door Marked... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by John Cann
BOUGHT FOR PARTNER WHO DID NATIONAL SERVICE IN MALAYA
PARTNER (NOW 72) DID HIS NATIONAL SERVICE IN MALAYA. VERY FEW BOOKS ABOUT THIS MUCH FORGOTTEN CONFLICT AND HE HAS FOUND THIS MOST INTERESTING AND CAN IDENTIFY WITH THE AUTHOR.
Published on 17 July 2009 by The Hayling Billy
Absolutely brilliant
I can't think of enough superlatives for this book. It is exciting, funny, informing and very very observant all at the same time and written without the swaggering testosterone... Read more
Published on 1 May 2009 by Crouching Soldier, Hidden Taliban
A superb read
The author fits into that extraordinary group of outstanding performers who are incapable of seeing the boundaries and are capable of everthing.
Published on 28 Mar 2009 by Big Dud
A nailbiting account of Jungle warfare. Never put it down!
When you think of Jungle warefare, you normally think of military units such as the Gurkas or the SAS. However, Follows account of being a copper on the beat is breathtaking. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2002
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