Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II |
Peter Thompson
ISBN: 0749950994
The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 is a military disaster of enduring fascination. For the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the island, Peter Thompson tells the explosive story of the Malayan campaign, the siege of Singapore, the ignominious...(read more) |
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Crossroads: A Popular History of Malaysia and Singapore |
 Jim Baker
ISBN: 981232075X
The Malay Peninsula is an area where not only has the East met the West but also where the East has met the East - a true crossroads. Authoritatively researched and drawing on numerous anecdotes, this book takes a fresh, bold approach to the study of...(read more) |
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Raffles: Story of Singapore |
 Raymond Flower
ISBN: 9812042571
This overview of Singapore's history sweeps the reader along from its colonial beginnings as a trading outpost of the British Empire in the 1820s to the independent country of the 1960s and 70s. The British author expresses many personal opinions and...(read more) |
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Rethinking Raffles: A Study of Stamford Raffles' Discourse on Religions Amongst Malays |
 Aljunied Syed Muhd Khairu
ISBN: 9812104356
Based on a study of Sir Stamford Raffles' letters and related documents, the book argues that Raffles had a variety of opinions about the religions observed amongst the Malays that he encountered during his tour of duty in the Malay Archipelago. These...(read more) |
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Singapore - a Pictorial History 1819-2000 |
 Gretchen Liu
ISBN: 0700715843
This is the story of Singapore through the eyes of the artists and photographers who witnessed and recorded it. Over 1200 rare and beautiful images vividly bring Singapore's history to lifeincluding the first ever photographic portrait taken in 1843;...(read more) |
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Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II |
Colin Smith
ISBN: 0141010363
Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian, and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had...(read more) |
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Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore |
 Noel Barber
ISBN: 0304364371
Published to international acclaim in 1968, Noel Barber's account of the fall of Singapore remains the best account of this, Britain's greatest military defeat. In just ten weeks, Malaya was overrun and the 'fortress' of Singapore surrendered to a...(read more) |
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The End of the War: Singapore's Liberation and the Aftermath of the Second World War |
 Romen Bose
ISBN: 9812610669
Where there are victors, there are also the defeated. As the Second World War comes to a close in Southeast Asia, the Japanese military forces in the region must face up to the fact that the British will soon return to reoccupy their colonies. The...(read more) |
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West from Singapore |
 Louis L'Amour
ISBN: 0553263536
Ponga Jim Mayo, the American master of the Semiramis, a tramp freighter, explores the area around Indonesia, encountering pirates, spies, drug peddlers, and gunrunners. |
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You'll Die in Singapore: The True Account of One of the Most Amazing POW Escapes in WWII |
 Charles McCormac
ISBN: 9810530153
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