The Tiger and the Trojan Horse: Flashes of red in early Singapore 9789814561747, 9814561746

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The Tiger and the Trojan Horse: Flashes of red in early Singapore
 9789814561747, 9814561746

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Part One The Origin of the Species
1. The Pig Trade and the Mafiarchy
2. First steps in Sedition
3. Prototype for a Wooden Horse
4. 1948: Death in the Jungle
5. The Anti-British League
6. Harry Lee and Friends
7. The Synthetic Englishmen
8. The Alien Chinese
9. 1954: Bloody 13 May
10. The Hidden Hand of Comrade D
11. PAP: The loveless marriage
Part Two: The Nature of the Beast
12. The Triad of Triads
13. The Dedicated and the Damned
14. The Tradecraft of Terrorism
Part Three: Same Bed, Different Dreams. 15. 1955: The Hock Lee Riot16. The Left Moves In --
The PAP Possessed
17. The Downfall of David Marshall
18. The Spiral of Violence
19. 1957: The Showdown
20. The Two Left Feet of the Open Front
21. The Man from the Organisation
22. The Detainees and the Dotted Line
23. 1959: The PAP Takes Over
Part Four: Battle for a Mirage
24. Lee Kuan Yew Tightens the Screws
25. 1961: Red Faces at Hong Lim
26. The Tunku Drops a Bomb
27. Tea with Lord Selkirk
28. Enter the Barisan: The PAP Dispossessed
29. Needle Match for a Referendum
30. 1962: First Blood to Lee. 31. Borneo Interlude: The War for Malaysia32. 1963: Merger-The Wish Comes True
33. ... And the Dream Dissolves
Part Five: The Struggle in the Streets
34. 1964: Doctor's Orders
35. The Chairman is Always Right
Part Six: People's Revolutionary War
36. The Armed Struggle (Repeat Performance)
Part Seven: The Recurring Decimal
37. In the Midst of Death
Original Sources
Bibliography
About the Author.

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