Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2023
Table of Contents:
“…The Battle Box of the Past -- Messages from Our Forgotten Ancestors -- The Silk Road of the Sea : Maritime Trade in Ancient Southeast Asia -- The Pivot : The Influence of China and India The Rise and Fall of Medieval Singapore -- Faith on the Wings of Trade : The Coming of Islam to Southeast Asia -- Strangers from the West : The Portuguese Seize Malacca -- The Rise of the East India Company : Vanguard of Empire -- 'A very clever, able, active and judicious man' : The story of Thomas Stamford Raffles -- Thwarting the Dutch : How Raffles Seized Singapore -- Singapore Secured : The Age of Pioneers -- The White Rajahs : The Conquest of North Borneo -- The Making of British Malaya : The Rise of the Men of Tin -- Singapore : The Golden Age -- The Empire Strikes Back : Singapore at War -- The fortress : defending Singapore between the wars -- The Japanese Conquest of Malaya and Singapore : Light in the South -- Merdeka or Bust -- Singapore's Struggle for Independence : Opening Moves -- The Emergency War : The Malayan Front Line -- The Clever Mr Lee : The Rise and Rise of Lee Kuan Yew -- High Noon : the London Talks -- The Formation of Malaysia : Independence at Last -- Together Apart : Singapore Goes it Alone -- The Challenges of Independence : Singapore in the Cold War -- Malaysia Takes a Different Road.…”