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Original Sin? : Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramakrishna, Kumar (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the "alternate" challenge to the Singapore story as context
  • Government sources : who uses them, and the alternates' unarticulated ideological outlook
  • Was there really a dangerous communist united front?
  • The curious case of Lim Chin Siong
  • Why "was Operation Coldstore driven by political and not security grounds?" is the wrong question
  • Conclusion : the enduring need for a Singapore story 2.0.