Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989
Before being granted limited self-governance in 1959, the Singapore colonial government was already facing a growing communist threat as seen in the first Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960. But the Communists began to change their modus operandi from an armed struggle towards an “open united front...
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| author | Devan, Darien Zhe Yuan |
| author2 | Zhou Taomo |
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| description | Before being granted limited self-governance in 1959, the Singapore colonial government was already facing a growing communist threat as seen in the first Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960. But the Communists began to change their modus operandi from an armed struggle towards an “open united front” from 1954 to 1966. Their focus was to rebuild their support base and forces as they had lost much of their forces in the Japanese Occupation and the Malayan Emergency. This shifted their strategy from forcefully taking power through direct conflict towards subversive activities with the goal of gaining popular support on the ground by winning the hearts and minds of Singaporeans. This paper aims to address the various factors which resulted in the Communists’ eventual dissolution. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1559842023-03-11T20:10:04Z Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989 Devan, Darien Zhe Yuan Zhou Taomo School of Humanities tmzhou@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::History Before being granted limited self-governance in 1959, the Singapore colonial government was already facing a growing communist threat as seen in the first Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960. But the Communists began to change their modus operandi from an armed struggle towards an “open united front” from 1954 to 1966. Their focus was to rebuild their support base and forces as they had lost much of their forces in the Japanese Occupation and the Malayan Emergency. This shifted their strategy from forcefully taking power through direct conflict towards subversive activities with the goal of gaining popular support on the ground by winning the hearts and minds of Singaporeans. This paper aims to address the various factors which resulted in the Communists’ eventual dissolution. Bachelor of Arts in History 2022-03-30T07:51:12Z 2022-03-30T07:51:12Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Devan, D. Z. Y. (2022). Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155984 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155984 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::History Devan, Darien Zhe Yuan Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989 |
| title | Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989 |
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| title_fullStr | Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989 |
| title_short | Uncovering the declining communist threat in Singapore from 1959-1989 |
| title_sort | uncovering the declining communist threat in singapore from 1959 1989 |
| topic | Humanities::History |
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