Between two oceans
Subtitle: a military history of Singapore from first settlement to final British withdrawal
By: Malcolm H. Murfett ... [et al.].
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Editions; Marshall Cavendish Corp.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Singapore; Tarrytown, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9789814302883
Subjects: Military History; Foreign service; Armed Forces
Other titles: Between 2 oceans
Notes: First published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 464-493) 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.