Pukul Habis: Total Wipeout (2nd edition)

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Malaysia and Singapore go to war in this unthinkable scenario, written like narrative history, of all-out conventional warfare in Southeast Asia. Malaysian Armed Forces versus the Singapore Armed Forces, with the story told mainly from the Malaysian perspective.

This August 2024 reprint of the war fiction bestseller contains Forewords from former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun (Dr) Mahathir Mohamad, and former Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General (Retired) Winston Choo.

“I hope readers of Pukul Habis will take heed of the scenarios depicted in this fiction. Believe me, war brings no benefit to anyone. Congratulations David Boey on the publication of this book. I hope it will serve as a reminder to all quarters who may think that war is a solution to everything.

It definitely is not.”

TUN (DR) MAHATHIR MOHAMAD

FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA



“I would recommend this book to enthusiasts of war novels and military professionals. Pukul Habis is a must-read for those in the SAF.”

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (RETIRED) WINSTON CHOO

FORMER CHIEF OF DEFENCE FORCE, SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES



"The author is at his best when writing in detail about the operational and tactical dimensions of this fictional war."

DR TIM HUXLEY, AUTHOR OF DEFENDING THE LION CITY



"His debut novel ventures into sensitive territory that no other local author has dared stray."

THE STRAITS TIMES, SINGAPORE



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Boey is a former defence journalist who has written extensively on the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and accompanied the SAF on four operational deployments overseas. He holds an MA in Security Studies from the University of Hull, where he wrote a dissertation on Singaporean defence policy and the SAF under the supervision of Dr Tim Huxley.

Pukul Habis is his first novel. David is believed to be the first Singaporean to publish a war story on the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) involving present-day MAF units and capabilities, with some fictional ones added to make the story interesting. He blogs at kementah.blogspot.com. David credits his past blog posts as one key factor that led to the readiness by Malaysian defence officials and MAF alumni to engage him while the book was written - MAF officers had remarked that they found his commentaries on Malaysia as fair and balanced.

Pukul Habis emerged from unofficial and unprecedented engagements with defence officials from Malaysia and Singapore on the sensitive topic of an unthinkable war between these two countries.