From Malayan Union to Singapore Separation by Mohamad Noordin Sopiee

From Cabinet papers, memorandum and documents, the author probes the reasons why Whitehall decided to impose the disastrous Malayan Union on Malaya. He explains the British surrender to Malay demands, the rise of UMNO and Malay political vigour, the subsequence of non‐Malay agitation, and the formation of the Federation of Malaya.