SINGAPORE: A VERY SHORT HISTORY

FROM TEMASEK TO TOMORROW. Singapore: A Very Short History - From Temasek to Tomorrow is a fresh,new, and highly-readable account of Singapore's history. Singapore: A Very Short History - From Temasek to Tomorrow is a fresh,new, and highly-readable account of Singapore's history. It is a sweepingstory of discovery, abandonment, rediscovery and development of whatis today one of the world's greatest port-cities. Brief as this account maybe, it incorporates all the latest research and findings about Singapore'spast, and weaves a concise yet coherent and comprehensive account ofthe island over the last 700 years.Beyond familiar foundational myths and stories, this new accountweaves Singapore's story on a wide tapestry - through a cast of princes,sultans, colonial administrators, occupiers community leaders andpoliticians - and tells the tale of how they struggled to answer that allimportantquestion: How do we make this island succeed? Two recurrentthemes emerge from this gripping account. First, that Singapore was anunlikely or accidental nation-state; and second, that given its vulnerabilityto wider regional and international forces, it survived and flourished onlybecause it was able to constantly change and adapt to make itself usefuland relevant to the world. And what of tomorrow? Will Singapore survive?This book is a hopeful response to these questions.

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