The Singapore story : memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
Suddenly, independence -- Growing up -- Japanese invaders -- After the liberation -- My Cambridge days -- Work, wedding and politics -- My first clashes with the government -- World of the Chinese-educated -- Enter the PAP -- Marshall accentuates the crisis -- Fiasco in London -- Election 1959-we fight to win -- Trounced in Hong Lim -- Tunku's merger bombshell -- Eden Hall Tea Party -- Communists exposed -- Getting to know the Tunku -- Europe beckons Britain -- Pressure from Sukarno -- Bitter run-up to Malaysia -- Singapore declares independence -- Konfrontasi -- Winning friends in Africa -- Quest for a Malaysian Malaysia -- Tunku wants us out
Biographies
680 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9789812049834, 9812049835
935704335
1. Suddenly, independence
2. Growing up
3. The Japanese invaders
4. After the liberation
5. My Cambridge days
6. Work, wedding and politics
7. My first clashes with the government
8. Widening the Oxley Road Circle
9. The world of the Chinese-educated
10. Enter the PAP
11. Round one to the communists
12. Marshall accentuates the crisis
13. A Fiasco in London
14. Exit Marshall, enter Lim Yew Hock
15. Three-quarters independent
16. Flushing out the communists
17. Rendezvous with the plen
18. Election 1959-we fight to win
19. Taking charge
20. Glimpses of troubles ahead
21. Trounced in Hong Lim
22. The Tunku's merger bombshell
23. Eden Hall Tea Party
24. Communists exposed
25. Moving towards merger
26. Getting to know the Tunku
27. A vote for merger
28. Europe beckons Britain
29. Pressure from Sukarno
30. Bitter run-up to Malaysia
31. The tide turns
32. Singapore declares independence
33. Konfrontasi
34. Winning friends in Africa
35. Venturing into the Malay heartland
36. Albar stokes up Malay passions
37. Singapore-KL tensions mount
38. Constitutional rearrangements?
39. Seeking support down under
40. UMNO's "Crush Lee" campaign
41. The quest for a Malaysian Malaysia
42. The Tunku wants us out
43. "Talak, Talak, Talak" (I divorce Thee)
Includes index