An edition of The Singapore Story (1998)

The Singapore story

memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew.

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An edition of The Singapore Story (1998)

The Singapore story

memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew.

  • 5.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 58 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

The personal account of the life of Lee Kuan Yew. Information on Singapore's politics, history and much more.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
680

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Cover of: Hsoi ký Lý Quang Diueu
Hsoi ký Lý Quang Diueu
2000, Nhà xurat bkan TP. Hso Chí Minh
in Vietnamese
Cover of: The Singapore Story
The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (1965 - 2000) ('Li guang yao hui yi lu', in traditional Chinese, NOT in English)
2000, Shi jie shu ju
Unknown Binding in Mandarin - Chu ban edition
Cover of: The Singapore story
The Singapore story: memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew.
1998, Singapore Press Holdings, Times Editions
Hardcover in English
Cover of: From Third World to First: The Singapore Story
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965 - 2000
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Table of Contents

[v. 1] [Without special title].
Suddenly, independence
Growing up
The Japanese invaders
After the liberation
My Cambridge days
Work, wedding and politics
My first clashes with the government
Widening the Oxley Road Circle
The world of the Chinese-educated
Enter the PAP
Round one to the communists
Marshall accentuates the crisis
A fiasco in London
Exit Marshall, enter Lim Yew Hock
Three-quarters independent
Flushing out the communists
Rendezvous with the Plen
Election 1959 : we fight to win
Taking charge
Glimpses of troubles ahead
Trounced in Hong Lim
The Tunku's merger bombshell
Eden Hall tea party
Communists exposed
Moving towards merger
Getting to know the Tunku
A vote for merger
Europe beckons Britain
Pressure from Sukarno
Bitter run-up to Malaysia
The tide turns
Singapore declares independence
Konfrontasi
Winning friends in Africa
Venturing into the Malay heartland
Albar stokes up Malay passions
Singapore-KL tensions mount
Constitutional rearrangements?
Seeking support down under
UMNO's "Crush Lee" campaign
The quest for a Malaysian Malaysia
The Tunku wants us out
"Talak, Talak, Talak" (I divorce thee)
Chronology of events
[v. 2] From Third World to First, 1965-2000

Edition Notes

Includes indexes.

Published in
Singapore
Other Titles
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
959.5705/092, B
Library of Congress
DS610.73.L45 A3 1998

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
v. <1-2 > :
Number of pages
680
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL522446M
Internet Archive
singaporestoryme00leek
ISBN 10
9812049835, 9812049843
ISBN 13
9789812049834, 9789812049841
LCCN
98945683
OCLC/WorldCat
40199944
Goodreads
1874979
326984

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February 14, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot remove fake subjects
July 13, 2016 Edited by Bryan Tyson Added new cover
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October 24, 2012 Edited by ImportBot Added subject 'In library'
October 27, 2009 Created by WorkBot add works page