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Jungle Bashers: A British Infantry Battalion in the Malayan Emergency, 1951-1954
 
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Jungle Bashers: A British Infantry Battalion in the Malayan Emergency, 1951-1954 [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Robert Bonner (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Fleur de Lys Publishers; 1st edition (1 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1873907125
  • ISBN-13: 978-1873907122
  • Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 20.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 421,029 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #25 in  Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > South East Asia > Malaysia
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Very occasionally, when thumbing through a book before setting to & reading it, the reader gets a feeling that this is an important work ready to stand the test of time. Here is one such, a credit to the diligence & determination of the author & a witness to the obvious regimental pride in producing what must become an invaluable study of life in a typical infantry battalion. For those wishing to explore the Malayan Emergency from the viewpoint of the infantryman at the sharp end, Robert Bonner's work is an essential tool. Ultimately the procedures adopted by the senior commanders and the dogged perseverance of the infantry proved successful and, in retrospect something of a textbook operation. The book is highly recommended for the casual reader, veteran, student & any professional historian researching the Malayan Emergency. --Jounal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 82. No:329.

Despite an astonishing amount of detail concerning the activities of the Manchester Regiment in its role against the terrorist insurgency in Malaya, this is a well written narrative and is eminently readable by an interested observer of modern history in the making. Although the author inevitably describes those actions in which he personally was involved he writes with the same objectivity over the whole field of regimental activity. Importantly it is a fully descriptive account of Police/Military co-operation particularly related to Special Branch. No terrorist surrendered, was captured or killed but that Special Branch knew instantly who they were, their place in the hierarchy and what they had been up to. Jungle Bashers is unwittingly a significant recognition of and tribute to the penetration by Special Branch of Communist affairs in Malaya, to say nothing of the operational intelligence they so freely supplied. Bob Bonner also knew and has spoken with all those caught up in the murder of Neville Godwin, CPO Kedah/Perlis, and the account he gives of that dreadful atrocity is therefore the definitive statement. Over one hundred and twenty photographs, maps and drawings illustrate not only the work of the soldier but provide a record of police personalities and their activities in the north of Malaya during what turned out to be the peak years of the Emergency. The book is an important addition to the genre. --Newsletter - Royal Malaysia Police Asociation.

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A description of the campaign agaist Communist Terrorists between June 1951 and April 1954. For three years the 1st Bn Manchester Regiment was engaged in a campaign in the jungle and rubber estates of Kedah, Perlis and Perak in the north of Malaya. this was a classic campaign in counter-insurgfency operations but one which has received little publicity when compared to the other overseas conflicts of the second half of the 20th century. This book should go a small way in rectifying this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jungle Warfare, 23 Feb 2004
By oliver thornber (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
This book has a mass of interesting information regarding the largely untold story of the infantrymen fighting in the jungles of Malaya in the early 1950's. Events are described in good detail, it is almost possible to really visualise the treachourous swamps and imagine the nervewracking periods maintained in ambush positions - waiting for silent but ever present communist enemy.

A thoroughly good read with many excellent descriptive photographs taken by the author at the time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Regimental family at war, 20 Mar 2004
By Ronald Kane (Lancashire, GB) - See all my reviews
This is probably the only reliable account of the part played by 1st Bn Manchester Regiment during the Malayan Emergency between 1951 and 1954. Maps, photographs and drawings enhance the work. It should be an essential read for the casual reader, vereran, student and any professional historian researching the Malayan Emergency.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The real thing - short but sweet, 2 Jul 2009
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This was bought as a present for someone who saw Active Service in the Malayan Jungle during the same time period. The photographs could have been taken from his Army photograph Album brought back from Malaya. It was a good account of the real thing according to the person I bought this for.
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