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001 2004303722
003 DLC
005 20050429142503.0
008 041027s2004 si ab b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aUA853.S5$bB48 2004
245 00 $aBetween two oceans :$ba military history of Singapore from first settlement to final British withdrawal /$cMalcolm H. Murfett ... [et al.].
260 $aSingapore :$bMarshall Cavendish Academic,$c2004.
300 $axviii, 508 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 452-470) and index.
505 0 $aGeography and traditional warfare in pre-British Southeast Asia: the place of Singapore -- Why the British came to Singapore -- From fieldworks to Fort Canning, 1823-1866 -- Britannia rules the waves? Singapore and imperial defence, 1867-1891 -- The weakest go to the wall: from money to mutiny, 1892-1918 -- A keystone of imperial defence or a millstone around Britain's neck? Singapore, 1919-1941 -- Too little, too late: preparing for war, 1941-1942 -- Bitter harvest: the defence and fall of Singapore -- Living under the rising sun: Singapore and the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Old wine in a new bottle: Singapore and British defence policy, 1945-1962 --End of empire: from union to withdrawal -- Notes on the forts of nineteenth-century Singapore -- Wartime preparations to defend Singapore Island -- Controversies surrounding the surrender of Singapore, February 1942.
651 0 $aSingapore$xHistory, Military.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xArmed Forces$xForeign service$zSingapore.
700 1 $aMurfett, Malcolm H.