Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, February 1st, 2001
This article rebuts recent attempts to diminish Sir Gerald Templer's role in the Malayan Emergency. It contends that the revisionists overlook the decisive psychological impact of Templer's Malayan sojourn. Fundamentally, through very deliberate words and deeds, he gave both government and Malayans confidence that the communists could and would be beaten.
It is generally accepted that the tenure of General Sir Gerald Templer, High Commissioner and Director of Operations, Federation of Malaya (1952 - 54), represented the turning point in the 12-year-long counterinsurgency campaign against th...
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