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Churchill and the lion city : shaping modern Singapore / edited by Brian P. Farrell.

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
  • Farrell, Brian P. (Brian Padair), 1960-
  • National University of Singapore
  • Churchill College.
Description
xii, 194 p. : ill., col. maps; 23 cm.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 > Military leadership > Congresses
  • Imperialism > History > 20th century > Congresses
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Singapore > Congresses
  • Singapore > History > Siege, 1942 > Congresses
  • Singapore > History > 20th century > Congresses
  • Great Britain > Colonies > Defenses > Asia > Congresses
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"--P. vii.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-184) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9789971695651
  • 9971695650
  • 9789971695521 (pbk.)
  • 9971695529 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2011315350
OCLC
  • 705217676
  • SCSB-12428233
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library