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The book Head Hunters in the Malayan Emergency explores the infamous political scandal triggered by the leak of terrifying photos of war crimes during the Malayan Emergency. These photos depicted British forces and their allies in Malaysia beheading corpses and posing with severed heads. The ensuing scandal, involving British generals, police, unions, and even Winston Churchill, led to further revelations that British forces had deployed over 1,000 headhunting tribesmen from Borneo to Malaysia, publicly displaying bodies to frighten the civilian Malaysian population into submission, and that photos of such atrocities had become popular souvenirs among British troops.
Using newly uncovered photographs, eyewitness testimonies, and government documents, this investigation is the first attempt by any historian to create a comprehensive history of the British-Malaysian Head Hunters Scandal, its political ramifications, the stories of those involved, and the efforts to cover it up.
Pages: 176, Dimensions: 15.6x15.6cm
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
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- Type
- Testimonial
- Theme
- World History, Historical Archives
- Language
- English
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- Cover
- Soft
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- ISBN-13
- 9781399057417
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