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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820570303321

Autore

Plate Tom

Titolo

Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew [[electronic resource] ] : citizen Singapore : how to build a nation / / Tom Plate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Editions

Tarrytown, N.Y., : Marshall Cavendish Corp., c2010

ISBN

981-4312-70-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Giants of Asia

Disciplina

959.5705092

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Singapore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]).

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Verso -- Contents -- Introduction -- Prologue to the Interviews at the Istana -- Day One -- One Late Afternoon in the Summer of 2009 -- Father Knows Best -- The Fox and the Hedgehog -- China Syndrome -- The Perfect Storm -- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- Rebel with a Cause -- Passage to India -- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? -- Lee of Arabia -- Years of Living Dangerously -- The Godfather -- Day Two -- The Next Afternoon at the Istana -- Trouble in Paradise -- There's Something about Harry -- Citizen Lee -- Fathers and Sons -- Fathers and Daughters -- Kuan Yew's Way -- Time for a Break -- The Singaporean Candidate -- Rush Hour -- The End of the Affair -- Modern Times -- Milestones -- About the Author -- Works Consulted.

Sommario/riassunto

A stunning political and personal portrait of one of the world's leading political figures.