My Side of History

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My Side of History is the memoir of Chin Peng, the former leader of the Malayan Communist Party, recounting his role in the anti-colonial struggle and the Malayan Emergency.

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My Side of History canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
memoir
about British colonial rule in Malaya
Indochina conflicts
surface form: Cold War in Southeast Asia

Malayan independence movement
communist insurgency in Malaya
guerrilla warfare
negotiations to end the Malayan Emergency
political ideology of Chin Peng
author Chin Peng
context British decolonization in Southeast Asia
emergence of independent Malaya
controversial true
countryOfSubject Federation of Malaya
surface form: Malaya
describes Chin Peng’s rise to party leadership
formation of the Malayan Communist Party
interactions with British authorities
peace talks with the Malaysian government
relations between MCP and other anti-colonial groups
genre autobiography
political memoir
hasPerspective anti-colonial
pro-communist
hasReputation important primary source on Malayan Communist Party history
revisionist account of the Malayan Emergency
language English
mainSubject Chin Peng
Malayan Communist Party
Malayan Emergency
anti-colonial struggle in Malaya
narrativePerspective first-person
portrays Malayan Communist Party leadership
armed struggle against British forces
life in the jungle during the Emergency
setting Federation of Malaya
surface form: Malaya

Thailand–Malaya border jungle areas
targetAudience historians of Southeast Asia
readers interested in anti-colonial movements
students of Cold War history
timePeriodCovered Malayan Emergency
surface form: Malayan Emergency era

Japanese occupation of Malaya
surface form: World War II in Malaya

post-Emergency exile period of Chin Peng
post-war Malaya
pre-World War II Malaya
workFocus justification of armed struggle
personal experiences of Chin Peng
political and military strategy

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Chin Peng notableWork My Side of History
陳平 notableWork My Side of History
Ong Boon Hua notableWork My Side of History