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

Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, c2011.

Format/Description:

Book
xii, 194 p. : ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

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 -- Asia -- Defenses -- Congresses.

Notes:

"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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-184) and index.

Contributor:

Farrell, Brian P. (Brian Padair), 1960-

ISBN:

9789971695651
9971695650
9789971695521 (pbk.)
9971695529 (pbk.)

OCLC:

705217676

Online:

Table of contents only
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy12pdf02/2011315350.html

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