INTRODUCTION 13
1.BIRTH OF MALAYAN COMMUNISM 19
2.THE FIRST JUNGLE WAR 35
3.ROAD TO THE EMERGENCY 50
4.A NEW PARTY BOSS 65
5.THE EMERGENCY DECLARED 74
6.PATTERN FOR MURDER 87
7.THE PARTY STRUCTURE 101
8.PLANS FOR A"REPUBLIC" 114
9.AIRSTRIP AMONG ABORIGINES 123
10.BIRTH OF A PLAN 133
11.UPROOTING HALF A MILLION PEOPLE 145
12.A'DEVIATIONIST'EXECUTED 154
13.JOURNEY THROUGH MALAYA 163
14.SCHOOL FOR EX-TERRORISTS 178
15.HIGH COMMISSIONER MURDERED 187
16.GENERAL TEMPLER ARRIVES 201
17.COMMUNISTS ADMIT DEFEAT 213
18.DECLINE IN TERRORISM 222
19.MALAYA'S PROBLEMS 230
GLOSSARY OF WORDS NOT EXPLAINED IN THE TEXT 239
INDEX 241