{"product_id":"losing-hearts-and-minds-race-war-and-empire-in-singapore-and-malaya-1915-1960-paperback-softback-9781503639850","title":"Losing Hearts and Minds; Race, War, and Empire in Singapore and Malaya, 1915–1960 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781503639850","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLosing Hearts and Minds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace, War, and Empire in Singapore and Malaya, 1915–1960\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKate Imy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503639850\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e342 pages, 20 halftones\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.487 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This brilliant book provides a humane, nuanced, and profoundly moving history of the British empire's wars in Asia from 1915–1960. By centering the voices of participants, Kate Imy deftly explores how race and gender shaped both civilian and combatant experiences, offering thought-provoking perspectives on the world wars, the British empire, and the resilience of populations responding to sustained violence.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Susan R. Grayzel, Utah State University \"\u003ci\u003eLosing Hearts and Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative blend of social and military history that examines how race, gender, and ethnic identities shaped the British army in a colonial setting. This deeply researched, beautifully written book brings to life the tensions within a multi-cultural military, when lines blurred between soldiers and civilians, and nationalist loyalties clashed with imperial subjecthood.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Lynn Hollen Lees, University of Pennsylvania \"Kate Imy's \u003ci\u003eLosing Hearts and Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is both an intricately researched and accessible book, which simultaneously foregrounds individual experiences in the rapidly changing milieu of late-colonial Malaya and Singapore.\"—Zhen Hao Liew, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Imperial and Commonwealth History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLosing Hearts and Minds\u003c\/i\u003e explores the loss of British power and prestige in colonial Singapore and Malaya from the First World War to the Malayan Emergency. During this period, British leaders relied on a growing number of Asian, European and Eurasian allies and servicepeople, including servants, police, soldiers, and medical professionals, to maintain their empire. At the same time, British institutions and leaders continued to use racial and gender violence to wage war. As a result, those colonial subjects closest to British power frequently experienced the limits of belonging and the broken promises of imperial inclusion, hastening the end of British rule in Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the World Wars to the Cold War, European, Indigenous, Chinese, Malay, and Indian civilians resisted or collaborated with British and Commonwealth soldiers, rebellious Indian troops, invading Japanese combatants, and communists. Historian Kate Imy tells the story of how Singapore and Malaya became sites of some of the most impactful military and anti-colonial conflicts of the twentieth century, where British military leaders repeatedly tried—but largely failed—to win the \"hearts and minds\" of colonial subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. Race War in Singapore\u003cbr\u003e  2. Making Enemies between the Wars\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Pride and the Fall\u003cbr\u003e  4. Labored Intimacies\u003cbr\u003e  5. Making and Unmaking \"\u003cbr\u003eMartial Races\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  6. Forging the Commonwealth\u003cbr\u003e  7. Pregnant in the Jungle\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670775263512,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/losing-hearts-and-minds-race-war-and-empire-in-singapore-and-malaya-1915-1960-paperback-softback-9781503639850","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}