Blackburn / Hack Did Singapore Have to Fall?

Churchill and the Impregnable Fortress
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-39638-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

This book provides a sophisticated summary of up-to-date knowledge on the Fall of Singapore, including the critical tensions between Churchill and local commanders. A focus on the role of Churchill, and on his understanding of the guns and Singapore's fortifications, makes the Fortress central to understanding why and how Singapore fell as it did. The book includes a range of quotations that give the flavour of the time and the essence of the debates. No other book allows the reader to get a clear overview of the base, the plans, the campaign, the guns and the remaining heritage, all in one place.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blackburn, Kevin

Hack, Karl

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Key

Maps

Photographs

Chronology

1. Introduction

2. Singapore in 1941

3. The Fatal Decisions

4. The Campaign

5. The Guns of Singapore

6. After the Battle

Appendix A: British Forces in December 1941

Appendix B: Japanese Forces in December 1941

Appendix C: Organisation of Malaya Command

Appendix D: British Aircraft in the Far East

Appendix E: War Diaries for Selected Coastal Guns

Appendix F: Gun Statistics

Appendix G: The Guns of Faber and Changi Fire Command

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karl Hack teaches history at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He specialises in Southeast Asian history, imperialism and counterinsurgency.
Kevin Blackburn teaches history at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is an Australian historian who specialises in Australian history and in war and memory.