The Japanese Occupation of Malaya
Subtitle: A Social and Economic History
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: May 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780824818890
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; Cultural studies; Second World War, 1939-1945; Japanese occupation, 1942-1945; Southeast Asia - History; World War II - East Asia; History - General History; History: World; Malaysia; Singapore; Malaya; Asia - Southeast Asia; Economic conditions; Asia - General; History; Social conditions
Description: Japan attacked British-ruled Malaya on 8 December 1941 as part of a wave of military actions that toppled the British, Dutch and American colonial regimes in Southeast Asia. Within seventy days, the conquest of Malaya was complete, and British forces in Singapore surrendered on 15 February 1942. The three and a half years of Japanese rule are generally considered to mark a profound transition in the history of the Malay peninsula, but little is known about this period.

This book uses the limited administrative papers that survived in Malaya, oral sources, and accounts written by Japanese officers involved in the Malayan campaign to flesh out the story.