Between two oceans
Subtitle: a military history of Singapore from first settlement to final British withdrawal
By: Malcolm H. Murfett ... [et al.].
Contributors: Murfett, Malcolm H.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Academic; Marshall Cavendish Intl
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
Subjects: Singapore -- History, Military.; Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Foreign service -- Singapore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 452-470) and index.
Table of contents: title: Geography and traditional warfare in pre-British Southeast Asia: the place of Singapore; title: Why the British came to Singapore; title: From fieldworks to Fort Canning, 1823-1866; title: Britannia rules the waves? Singapore and imperial defence, 1867-1891; title: The weakest go to the wall: from money to mutiny, 1892-1918; title: A keystone of imperial defence or a millstone around Britain's neck? Singapore, 1919-1941; title: Too little, too late: preparing for war, 1941-1942; title: Bitter harvest: the defence and fall of Singapore; title: Living under the rising sun: Singapore and the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945; title: Old wine in a new bottle: Singapore and British defence policy, 1945-1962; title: End of empire: from union to withdrawal; title: Notes on the forts of nineteenth-century Singapore; title: Wartime preparations to defend Singapore Island; title: Controversies surrounding the surrender of Singapore, February 1942.