"Original Sin"? Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore

by Kumar Ramakrishna

"Revisionist" or "alternative" historians have increasingly questioned elements of the Singapore Story - the master narrative of the nation's political and socioeconomic development since its founding by the British in 1819. Much criticism focuses especially on one defining episode of the Story: the internal security dragnet mounted on 2 February 1963 against Communist United Front elements on the island, known to posterity as Operation Coldstore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814620432
• ISBN13: 9789814620437
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"