From Third world to First : Singapore and the Asian economic boom

By:

Yew, Kuan Lee

Publication details: New York Harper Collins Pub. 2018Description: xix,729pISBN:

9780060957513

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.95957 YEW

Contents:

Contents Foreword by Dr. Henry A. Kissinger ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Part I Getting the Basics Right 1 1 Going It Alone 3 2 Building an Army from Scratch 11 3 Britain Pulls Out 31 4 Surviving Without a Hinterland 49 5 Creating a Financial Center 71 6 Winning Over the Unions 83 7 A Fair, Not Welfare, Society 95 8 The Communists Self-Destruct 109 9 Straddling the Middle Ground 121 10 Nurturing and Attracting Talent 135 11 Many Tongues, One Language 145 12 Keeping the Government Clean 157 13 Greening Singapore 173 14 Managing the Media 185 15 Conductor of an Orchestra 199 Part II In Search of Space-Regional and International 225 16 Ups and Downs with Malaysia 227 17 Indonesia: From Foe to Friend 259 18 Building Ties with Thailand, the Philippines, and Brunei 293 19 Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia: Coming to Terms with the Modern World 309 20 Asean-Unpromising Start, Promising Future 329 21 East Asia in Crisis 1997-1999 343 22 Inside the Commonwealth Club 351 23 New Bonds with Britain 373 24 Ties with Australia and New Zealand 385 25 South Asia's Legends and Leaders 403 26 Following Britain into Europe 423 27 The Soviet Union-An Empire Implodes 439 28 America: The Anticommunist Anchorman 449 29 Strategic Accord with the United States 471 30 America's New Agenda 487 31 Japan: Asia's First Miracle 501 32 Lessons from Japan 521 33 Korea: At the Crossroads 531 34 Hong Kong's Transition 543 35 Taiwan: The Other China 559 36 China: The Dragon with a Long Tail 573 37 Deng Xiaoping's China 595 38 China Beyond Beijing 617 39 Tiananmen 625 40 China: To Be Rich Is Glorious 645 Part III Winding Up 661 41 Passing the Baton 663 42 My Family 675 43 Epilogue 685 Index 693

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Contents
Foreword by Dr. Henry A. Kissinger ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Part I Getting the Basics Right 1
1 Going It Alone 3
2 Building an Army from Scratch 11
3 Britain Pulls Out 31
4 Surviving Without a Hinterland 49
5 Creating a Financial Center 71
6 Winning Over the Unions 83
7 A Fair, Not Welfare, Society 95
8 The Communists Self-Destruct 109
9 Straddling the Middle Ground 121
10 Nurturing and Attracting Talent 135
11 Many Tongues, One Language 145
12 Keeping the Government Clean 157
13 Greening Singapore 173
14 Managing the Media 185
15 Conductor of an Orchestra 199
Part II In Search of Space-Regional and International 225
16 Ups and Downs with Malaysia 227
17 Indonesia: From Foe to Friend 259
18 Building Ties with Thailand, the Philippines, and Brunei 293
19 Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia: Coming to Terms with the Modern World 309
20 Asean-Unpromising Start, Promising Future 329
21 East Asia in Crisis 1997-1999 343
22 Inside the Commonwealth Club 351
23 New Bonds with Britain 373
24 Ties with Australia and New Zealand 385
25 South Asia's Legends and Leaders 403
26 Following Britain into Europe 423
27 The Soviet Union-An Empire Implodes 439
28 America: The Anticommunist Anchorman 449
29 Strategic Accord with the United States 471
30 America's New Agenda 487
31 Japan: Asia's First Miracle 501
32 Lessons from Japan 521
33 Korea: At the Crossroads 531
34 Hong Kong's Transition 543
35 Taiwan: The Other China 559
36 China: The Dragon with a Long Tail 573
37 Deng Xiaoping's China 595
38 China Beyond Beijing 617
39 Tiananmen 625
40 China: To Be Rich Is Glorious 645
Part III Winding Up 661
41 Passing the Baton 663
42 My Family 675
43 Epilogue 685
Index 693

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