SINGAPORE: THE IMPOSSIBLE NATION is a documentary novel that tells the story of one of the most extraordinary transformations in human history — how a tiny, resource-less island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, written off by the world as a "political and economic absurdity," became one of the richest, safest, and most stable countries on Earth.
Narrated by an omniscient first-person witness who has watched Singapore for more than two centuries, the novel unfolds across twenty-four chapters in the style of a BBC documentary — intimate, cinematic, and unflinching. From the sweltering morning in 1819 when Sir Stamford Raffles stepped onto a jungle-covered beach, through the terror of the Japanese occupation, the tearful separation from Malaysia in 1965, the desperate early years of survival, the economic miracle engineered by Goh Keng Swee, the housing revolution led by Lim Kim San, the secret Israeli army that became the SAF, the transformation from Third World to First, the crises weathered and the storms survived, to the modern era of Lee Hsien Loong and Lawrence Wong — this is the definitive narrative of a nation that should not exist, built by a people who refused to fail.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. SINGAPORE: THE IMPOSSIBLE NATION is a documentary novel that tells the story of one of the most extraordinary transformations in human history - how a tiny, resource-less island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, written off by the world as a "political and economic absurdity," became one of the richest, safest, and most stable countries on Earth.Narrated by an omniscient first-person witness who has watched Singapore for more than two centuries, the novel unfolds across twenty-four chapters in the style of a BBC documentary - intimate, cinematic, and unflinching. From the sweltering morning in 1819 when Sir Stamford Raffles stepped onto a jungle-covered beach, through the terror of the Japanese occupation, the tearful separation from Malaysia in 1965, the desperate early years of survival, the economic miracle engineered by Goh Keng Swee, the housing revolution led by Lim Kim San, the secret Israeli army that became the SAF, the transformation from Third World to First, the crises weathered and the storms survived, to the modern era of Lee Hsien Loong and Lawrence Wong - this is the definitive narrative of a nation that should not exist, built by a people who refused to fail. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798187664511
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