Between 2 Oceans a Military History of Singapore.
Many books have been written about Singapore's much vaunted position as a crucial maritime centre along the East-West trading route, but one aspect of its history-the military perspective-has, for the most part, escaped serious scholarly attention. Between Two Oceans plugs this historical gap....
| Основен автор: | Murfett, Malcolm H. |
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| Други автори: | Miksic, John N. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Singapore :
Marshall Cavendish,
2011.
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| Издание: | 2nd ed. |
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Print version::
Between 2 Oceans : A Military History of Singapore. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Prologue; Acknowledgment; Notes on the Authors; Chapter I: Geography and Traditional Warfare in Pre-British Southeast Asia: The Place of Singapore; The Nature of Early Southeast Asian Warfare; The Srivijayan Era, A.D. 100-1000; A New Phase: The Rise of Malayu-Jambi, 1025-1075; The Classical Singapore Phase, 1275-1400; The Melaka Phase, 1400-1511; The Johore-Riau Phase, 1511-1780; The Dutch-Bugis Phase, 1700-1819; Chapter II: Why the British Came to Singapore; Crossroads of Empire: The Sea Route to China.
- 1819 and Early Growing PainsChapter III: From Fieldworks to Fort Canning, 1823-1866; Creating a Defended Port; Threats, Forts and the Basis of Defence; A First-class Field Fortification; Chapter IV: Britannia Rules the Waves? Singapore and Imperial Defence, 1867-1891; Defending a Crown Colony; Russians, Guns, Money, and Bureaucrats; Chapter V: The Weakest Go to the Wall: From Money to Mutiny, 1892-1918; Paying for Defence: The Paper War; The Great War and Singapore: Cruisers, Volunteers and Mutineers.
- Chapter VI: A Keystone of Imperial Defence or a Millstone Around Britain's Neck? Singapore 1919-1941The Genesis of the "Singapore Strategy," 1918-1929; Developments on the International Stage, 1929-1937; The Acid Test for the "Singapore Strategy"; Chapter VII Too Little, Too Late: Preparing for War, 1941-1942; Strike South; Disjointed Defence; Chapter VIII: Bitter Harvest: The Defence and Fall of Singapore; The Fall of Malaya; The Naked Island; The Fall of Singapore; Chapter IX: Living under the Rising Sun: Singapore and the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945.
- Coming to Terms with the Occupation: The View of the Local SingaporeansLife as a Prisoner of the Japanese; Life as a Civilian Internee; The Japanese Administration's Role during the Occupation; Singapore's Military Significance; Chapter X: Old Wine in a New Bottle: Singapore and British Defence Policy, 1945-1962; Return to Singapore; British Defence Policy and the Role of Singapore; The Growth and Use of the Base and its Impact on Singapore; Chapter XI: End of Empire: From Union to Withdrawal; From Union to Confrontation; Withdrawal: End of an Era.
- 1 Notes on the Forts of Nineteenth-century SingaporeAppendices; 2 Wartime Preparations to Defend Singapore Island; 3 Controversies surrounding the Surrender of Singapore, February 1942; 4 War Crimes Trials in Singapore, 1946
- 1948; Glossary; List of Abbreviations; Notes to the Text; Bibliography; Index.