Sixty years on : the fall of Singapore revisited / [edited by] Brian Farrell & Sandy Hunter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farrell, Brian P. (Brian Padair), 1960-

Hunter, Sandy, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Singapore.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Malay Peninsula.

Singapore--History--Siege, 1942.

Singapore.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Eastern Universities Press, 2002.

Summary:

Fifteen contributions from Farrell (military history, National U. of Singapore), Hunter (an Air Vice-Marshal with the RAF) and other scholars and war veterans discuss the 1942 fall of Singapore. Sample topics include the evacuation of civilians from Hong Kong and Malaya/Singapore; the role of Singapore in British and American Far Eastern strategic relations; and the capture, interrogation, and incarceration of Allied POWs. The papers were originally presented at a conference held in February 2002 at the National U. of Singapore. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part 1 Prewar Problems

1 Reflections on an Enduring Theme: The "Singapore Strategy" at Sixty / Malcolm H. Murfett 3

2 Australia and the "Singapore Strategy" / Peter Dennis 29

3 Symbol of Imperial Defence: The Role of Singapore in British and American Far Eastern Strategic Relations, 1933-1941 / Greg Kennedy 42

4 Disaster Foreseen? France and the Fall of Singapore / Martin Thomas 68

5 Student and Master: The United Kingdom, Japan, Airpower, and the Fall of Singapore, 1920-1941 / John R. Ferris 94

6 The Evacuation of Civilians From Hong Kong and Malaya/Singapore 1939-42 / Kent Fedorowich 122

7 Churchill and Singapore / Raymond Callahan 156

8 1941: An Overview / Brian P. Farrell 173

Part 2 The Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore

9 General Yamashita Tomoyuki: Commander of the 25th Army / Akashi Yoji 183

10 Allied Prisoners of War: The Malayan Campaign 1941-42 / Sibylla Jane Flower 208

11 The Island Battle: Japanese Soldiers Remember the Conquest of Singapore / Henry P. Frei 218

12 General Percival and the Fall of Singapore / Clifford Kinvig 240

13 The Indian Army and the Fall of Singapore / Alan Warren 270

14 "The men who did the fighting are now all busy writing": Australian Post-Mortems on Defeat in Malaya and Singapore, 1942-45 / Peter Stanley 290

15 The Fall of Singapore Revisited / Sandy Hunter 313

Appendix Sixty Years On: The Fall of Singapore Revisited Conference Program and Paper Abstracts, 15-17 February 2002 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9812102027

OCLC:

50954251