The Malaysian Army’s battle against communist insurgency in Peninsula Malaysia 1968-1989 (signed presentation copy for the Hon. Alexander Downer)

Kuala Lumpur : Army Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, 2001. Folio, gilt-lettered leather in dustjacket, slipcase, pp. 218, illustrated.

A very scarce book about guerrilla warfare in Malaysia in the twentieth century.

Provenance:

The Hon. Alexander Downer, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs 1996 – 2007.

With a signed presentation inscription to him from Minister of Defence Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak, who would later serve as the 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia (2009 – 2018), his ‘with compliments’ slip pasted on to the title page.