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.. to examine how the propaganda war in Malaya was eventually waged effectively.

.. to understand the impact of enlightened 'propaganda-minded' leadership through an analysis of the efforts of General Sir Gerald Templer.

.. to unearth enduring general lessons for ending wars today.

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the British Colonial Government began to slowly turn things around in the Emergency when it recognized that the most important thing was to deny the MRLA the hearts and minds of the key community – in this case the rural Chinese.

this meant that “all-of-government”, not just the Malayan Police, but the Army, the District Officers on the ground, had to be more community-oriented, more politically sensitized – in DGIS Alec Petersen’s legendary phrase: everybody had to be “propaganda-minded”.

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the Malayan Emergency offers us a few lessons:

not only what we say, but equally what we do, constitutes propaganda – for both good or ill.

an integrated, 'propaganda-minded' strategy was key to ultimately ending the communist insurrection during the First Emergency in Malaya (1948-60)

the importance of 'propaganda-minded' political and military leadership is also another key lesson.

the importance of the integrated 'propaganda-minded' approach that evolved in Malaya is arguably still of some relevance to ending wars today.

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the importance of being 'Propaganda-Minded', key lessons on ending wars from the Malayan Emergency (1948-60) is presented by ..

Kumar Ramakrishna
Professor of National Security Studies
Provost’s Chair in National Security Studies
Dean, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

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