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"Original Sin"? Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore
Kumar Ramakrishna
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Description for "Original Sin"? Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 245.
Revisionist" or "alternative" historians have increasingly questioned elements of the Singapore Story — the master narrative of the nation's political and socioeconomic development since its founding by the British in 1819. Much criticism focuses especially on one defining episode of the Story: the internal security dragnet mounted on 2 February 1963 against Communist United Front elements on the island, known to posterity as Operation Coldstore. The revisionists claim that Coldstore was mounted for political rather than security reasons and actually destroyed a legitimate Progressive Left opposition personalized by the charismatic figure of Lim Chin Siong — rather than a dangerous ... Read more
Revisionist" or "alternative" historians have increasingly questioned elements of the Singapore Story — the master narrative of the nation's political and socioeconomic development since its founding by the British in 1819. Much criticism focuses especially on one defining episode of the Story: the internal security dragnet mounted on 2 February 1963 against Communist United Front elements on the island, known to posterity as Operation Coldstore. The revisionists claim that Coldstore was mounted for political rather than security reasons and actually destroyed a legitimate Progressive Left opposition personalized by the charismatic figure of Lim Chin Siong — rather than a dangerous ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Parsir Panjang, Singapore
ISBN
9789814620437
SKU
V9789814620437
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About Kumar Ramakrishna
Kumar Ramakrishna is Associate Professor and Head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.
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