Title: The Singapore Naval Base and the defence of Britain's eastern empire, 1919-1941 /
Authors: Wemyss and March, James Donald Charteris,
Date: 1981
Publisher: Clarendon Press ;
Physical description: xvii, 296 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: The new naval balance -- The case for a Singapore naval base -- Objections to the Singapore naval base -- The controversy over the defences of Singapore -- The progress of the Singapore scheme, 1924-1930 -- The effect of naval developments in the thirties upon the Singapore strategy -- The defence of Malaya -- The reinforcement of Malaya, 1939-1941.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--Defenses.; Great Britain--Defenses; Great Britain--Military relations--East Asia.; Singapore Naval Base (Singapore)--History.; Singapore Naval Base--History.