Tock Tock Birds

by TimHatton (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $15.06

  Tim Hatton was actively involved in the dismantling of Britain's former Eastern Empire in India, Indonesia and Malaya, and the often violent births of the newly independent states there. He saw at first hand the dire consequences of Partition in India, and later, during Malaya's prolonged State of Emergency, headed an anti bandit squad in numerous jungle skirmishes with Communist terrorist organisations. Hatton writes with affection and humour about his epoch-making experiences, vividly recollected through his own contemporary diaries and letters home. He never looses any of his youthful zest for life and new experiences, even when danger and death lurk around the next corner. Tock Tock Birds offers a privileged glimpse into some of the most formative periods of the very recent past.