David Lockwood is associate professor and a visiting research fellow in history at the University of Adelaide.

"Meticulously researched and lucidly argued, Lockwood's study of the Malayan Communist Party through its crucial years identifies the party's unique position in Malaya and its many successes. The forensic examination of the political career of the MCP's controversial leader Lai Teck is a model of dispassionate historical analysis." — Peter Monteath, Flinders University"This represents a completely new approach to the history of the Malayan Communist Party, focusing on Lai Teck and his leadership. It is a dialectical approach that gives us much to ponder." – CC Chin, editor of Interviews with Chin Peng

• List Of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter One: Communism, The Colonies And Malaya In 1930Chapter Two: The Malayan Communist Party: 1930 To 1934Chapter Three: Building A Mass Workers' Movement: 1934 To 1941Chapter Four: The People's FrontChapter Five: The Japanese OccupationChapter Six: The First DebateChapter Seven: Back To The WorkersChapter Eight: The British Strike BackChapter Nine: The Second DebateChapter Ten: The DecisionChapter Eleven: The Campaign Against Lai TeckChapter Twelve: DisasterAppendixBibliographyIndex

David Lockwood is associate professor and a visiting research fellow in history at the University of Adelaide.

"Meticulously researched and lucidly argued, Lockwood's study of the Malayan Communist Party through its crucial years identifies the party's unique position in Malaya and its many successes. The forensic examination of the political career of the MCP's controversial leader Lai Teck is a model of dispassionate historical analysis." — Peter Monteath, Flinders University"This represents a completely new approach to the history of the Malayan Communist Party, focusing on Lai Teck and his leadership. It is a dialectical approach that gives us much to ponder." – CC Chin, editor of Interviews with Chin Peng

• List Of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter One: Communism, The Colonies And Malaya In 1930Chapter Two: The Malayan Communist Party: 1930 To 1934Chapter Three: Building A Mass Workers' Movement: 1934 To 1941Chapter Four: The People's FrontChapter Five: The Japanese OccupationChapter Six: The First DebateChapter Seven: Back To The WorkersChapter Eight: The British Strike BackChapter Nine: The Second DebateChapter Ten: The DecisionChapter Eleven: The Campaign Against Lai TeckChapter Twelve: DisasterAppendixBibliographyIndex

David Lockwood is associate professor and a visiting research fellow in history at the University of Adelaide.

"Meticulously researched and lucidly argued, Lockwood's study of the Malayan Communist Party through its crucial years identifies the party's unique position in Malaya and its many successes. The forensic examination of the political career of the MCP's controversial leader Lai Teck is a model of dispassionate historical analysis." — Peter Monteath, Flinders University"This represents a completely new approach to the history of the Malayan Communist Party, focusing on Lai Teck and his leadership. It is a dialectical approach that gives us much to ponder." – CC Chin, editor of Interviews with Chin Peng

• List Of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter One: Communism, The Colonies And Malaya In 1930Chapter Two: The Malayan Communist Party: 1930 To 1934Chapter Three: Building A Mass Workers' Movement: 1934 To 1941Chapter Four: The People's FrontChapter Five: The Japanese OccupationChapter Six: The First DebateChapter Seven: Back To The WorkersChapter Eight: The British Strike BackChapter Nine: The Second DebateChapter Ten: The DecisionChapter Eleven: The Campaign Against Lai TeckChapter Twelve: DisasterAppendixBibliographyIndex