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"ORIGINAL SIN"? : Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore

Title
"ORIGINAL SIN"? : Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore / Kumar Ramakrishna.
Author
Ramakrishna, Kumar
Publication
Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, 2015.

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Additional Authors
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
Description
vi, 167 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Relying on both declassified and some previously unseen classified sources, this book challenges revisionist claims, reiterating the historic importance of Coldstore in helping pave the way for Singapore's remarkable journey from Third World status to First in a single generation." - From back cover.
Subject
  • 1945 - 1965
  • Detention of persons > Singapore
  • Political prisoners > Singapore
  • Detention of persons
  • Political prisoners
  • Politics and government
  • Singapore > Politics and government > 1945-1963
  • Singapore > History > 1963-1965
  • Singapore
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-167) and index.
Language (note)
  • In English.
Contents
Introduction -- Government Sources: Who Uses Them, and the Alternates' Unarticulated Ideological Outlook -- Was there Really a Dangerous Communist United Front? -- The Curious Case of Lim Chin Siong -- Why "Was Operation Coldstore Driven by Political and Not Security Grounds?" is the Wrong Question -- Conclusion: The Enduring Need for a Singapore Story 2.0
ISBN
  • 9789814620437
  • 9814620432
  • 9789814620444 (pdf)
  • 9814620440 (pdf)
OCLC
  • ocn904348697
  • 904348697
  • SCSB-5823523
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries