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Lee Kuan Yew: The Crucial Years
Alex Josey
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Description for Lee Kuan Yew: The Crucial Years
Paperback. Offers an account of Singapore's formidable prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. In this volume, the author tells the story of Singapore's remarkable development from the beginning of 1971 to the end of 1978. It is also about Lee's fears, hopes, triumphs and failures, his analytical judgements, his look into the future, and his valuations and beliefs. Num Pages: 682 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 48. Weight in Grams: 788.
This facsimile edition of Alex Josey's Lee Kuan Yew: The Crucial Years (1968) contains practically everything that Singapore's first prime minister had said politically since his student days at Cambridge right up to his speeches at the 1971 Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference held in Singapore. More than a political biography of a remarkable Asian statesman, this indispensable volume shows how Lee successfully created an independent multiracial nation while tackling and solving problems which confront all developing states. The account ends in 1970 when Singapore was faced with the gloomy prospect of the withdrawal of British troops in 1971, and the ... Read more
This facsimile edition of Alex Josey's Lee Kuan Yew: The Crucial Years (1968) contains practically everything that Singapore's first prime minister had said politically since his student days at Cambridge right up to his speeches at the 1971 Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference held in Singapore. More than a political biography of a remarkable Asian statesman, this indispensable volume shows how Lee successfully created an independent multiracial nation while tackling and solving problems which confront all developing states. The account ends in 1970 when Singapore was faced with the gloomy prospect of the withdrawal of British troops in 1971, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
682
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
781 g
Number of Pages
682
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789814398367
SKU
V9789814398367
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Ref
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About Alex Josey
Alex Josey was a journalist, political writer and commentator, biographer, and during WWII and The Malayan Emergency, a propaganda warrior. He is best known for his biographies on the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew as well as other political writings, such as; Democracy in Singapore: The 1970 by elections, Socialism in Asia, and Trade unionism in Malaya. ... Read more
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