Singapore: Unlikely Power

by John Curtis Perry

Book Overview

Singapore has gained a reputation for being one of the wealthiest and best-educated countries in the world and one of the brightest success stories for a colony-turned-sovereign state, but the country's path to success was anything but assured. Its strategic location and natural resources both allowed Singapore to profit from global commerce and also made the island an attractive conquest for the world's naval powers, resulting in centuries of stunting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190469501
• ISBN13: 9780190469504
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"