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Author Ramakrishna, Kumar, author

Title Original sin? : revising the revisionist critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore / Kumar Ramakrishna
Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 167 pages)
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History
Contents Introduction -- 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
Summary "Relying on both declassified and some previously unseen classified sources, this book challenges revisionist claims, reiterating the historic importance of Coldstore in helping pave the way for Singapore's remarkable journey from Third World status to First in a single generation."--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-158) and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Political prisoners -- Singapore
Detention of persons -- Singapore
Detention of persons
Political prisoners
Politics and government
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
East Asia.
SUBJECT Singapore -- History -- 1963-1965. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001011419
Singapore -- Politics and government -- 1945-1963. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002001635
Subject Singapore
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015322222
ISBN 9789814620444
9814620440