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A great betrayal? : the fall of Singapore revisited / [edited by Brian Farrell and Sandy Hunter].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Malay Peninsula.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Singapore.
- Singapore--History--Siege, 1942.
- Singapore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fall of Singapore revisited
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, c2010.
- Summary:
- Across 15 chapters, professors of history and military history experts present their analyses and impressions about the Fall of Singapore in 1942, which was even described by Winston Churchill himself as "the greatest disaster in British military history". Discussed at length is the Malayan Campaign and the "Singapore Strategy", with problems and events related to the pre-war period as well as the conduct of the campaign itself. Highlights include extensive discussions on the reasons for Japanese success and British failure as well as Ground Zero perspectives from Japanese soldiers fighting on
- Contents:
- Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; List of Plates and Maps; 01 An Enduring Theme: The ""Singapore Strategy""; 02 Australia and the Singapore Strategy; 03 Symbol of Imperial Defence: The Role ofSingapore in British and American Far Eastern Strategic Relations, 1933-1941; 04 Disaster Foreseen? France and theFall of Singapore; 05 Student and Master: The United Kingdom ,Japan, Airpower, and the Fall of Singapore, 1920-1941; 06 The Evacuation of Civilians From Hong Kong and Malaya/Singapore, 1939-42; 07 Churchill and Singapore; 08 1941: An Overview
- 09 General Yamashita Tomoyuki: Commander of the Twenty-Fifth Army10 Allied Prisoners of War: The Malayan Campaign, 1941-42; 11 The Island Battle: Japanese Soldiers Remember the Conquest of Singapore; 12 General Percival and the Fall of Singapore; 13 The Indian Army and the Fall of Singapore; 14 "The men who did the fighting are now all busy writing": Australian Post-Mortems on Defeat in Malaya and Singapore, 1942-45; 15 Betrayal; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789814435468
- 9814435465
- OCLC:
- 830169528
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