Bücher von Leon Comber

Examines the establishment of the domestic intelligence service known as the Malayan Security Service (MSS), the colourful and controversial career of Lieutenant Colonel John Dalley, and the little-known rivalry between MI5 in London and MSS in Singapore, which led to the demise of the MSS and Dalley's retirement.

Provides an account of General Templer's administration in Malaya as High Commissioner and Director of Operations (1952-54) during the Malayan Emergency. It departs from the usually accepted orthodox assessment of his time in Malaya by focusing on the political and socio-economic aspects of his governance rather than the military.

Analyses the pivotal role of the Malayan Police's Special Branch, the governments supreme intelligence agency, in defeating the communist uprising and safeguarding the security of the country. The book shows how the Special Branch was organised and how it worked in providing the security forces with political and operational intelligence.