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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ramakrishna, Kumar (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political prisoners > Singapore.
Detention of persons > Singapore.
Singapore > History > 1963-1965.
Singapore > Politics and government > 1945-1963.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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