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Churchill and the lion city : shaping modern Singapore
- Title
- Churchill and the lion city : shaping modern Singapore / edited by Brian P. Farrell.
- Publication
- Singapore : NUS Press, c2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xii, 194 p. : ill., col. maps; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Imperialism
- Singapore
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Military leadership
- Imperialism > History > 20th century > Congresses
- World War (1939-1945)
- Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > Defenses > Congresses
- Military campaigns
- 1900 - 1999
- Siege of Singapore (1942)
- Military readiness
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 > Military leadership > Congresses
- Singapore > History > 20th century > Congresses
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Singapore > Congresses
- Asia
- History
- Singapore > History > Siege, 1942 > Congresses
- British colonies
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- History.
- Note
- "This book has come about from a ... collaboration between the National University of Singapore and Churchill College in the University of Cambridge. Its birth was a well attended one-day conference held at NUS Cultural Centre on Friday 9 April 2010"--Foreword.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-184) and index.
- Contents
- Last lion and the lion city : Churchill, Singapore and empire / Brian P. Farrell -- Churchill and empire / Piers Brendon -- Churchill and imperial defence 1926-1940 : putting Singapore in perspective / Brian P. Farrell -- Heart versus head : Churchill comes to terms with the fall of Singapore? / Allen Packwood -- Churchill, strategy and the fall of Singapore / Geoffrey Till -- An imperial defeat? The presentation and reception of the fall of Singapore / Richard Toye -- Churchill, Singapore and Australia's strategic policy / Peter Edwards -- "The times they are a-changin'" : Britain's military commitment to Singapore, 1967-1971 / Malcolm H. Murfett.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-4645
- ISBN
- 9789971695521 (pbk.)
- 9971695529 (pbk.)
- 9789971695651 (hard)
- 9971695650 (hard)
- LCCN
- 2011315350
- OCLC
- 705217676
- Title
- Churchill and the lion city : shaping modern Singapore / edited by Brian P. Farrell.
- Imprint
- Singapore : NUS Press, c2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-184) and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 1999
- Added Author
- Farrell, Brian P. (Brian Padair), 1960-National University of Singapore.Churchill College.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-4645