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001 2011315263
003 DLC
005 20110912120209.0
008 110607s2011 si ab b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aUA853.S5$bB48 2011
245 00 $aBetween two oceans :$ba military history of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 /$cMalcolm H. Murfett ... [et al.].
246 3 $aBetween 2 oceans
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aSingapore :$bMarshall Cavendish Editions ;$aTarrytown, N.Y., U.S.A. :$bMarshall Cavendish Corp.,$c2011.
300 $axxi, 520 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
500 $aFirst published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 464-493) and index.
505 0 $aGeography and traditional warfare in pre-British Southeast Asia, the place of Singapore -- Why the British came to Singapore -- From fieldworks to Fort Canning, 1823-1866 -- Britannia rules the waves? Singapore and imperial defence, 1867-1891 -- The weakest go to the wall, from money to mutiny, 1892-1918 -- A keystone of imperial defence or a millstone around Britain's neck? Singapore, 1919-1941 -- Too little, too late, preparing for war, 1941-1942 -- Bitter harvest, the defence and fall of Singapore -- Living under the rising sun, Singapore and the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Old wine in a new bottle, Singapore and British defence policy, 1945-1962 --End of empire, from union to withdrawal.
651 0 $aSingapore$xHistory, Military.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xArmed Forces$xForeign service$zSingapore.
700 1 $aMurfett, Malcolm H.