{"product_id":"lees-lieutenants","title":"Lee's Lieutenants: Singapore's Old Guard (Revised Edition)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLee’s Lieutenants: Singapore’s Old Guard\u003c\/em\u003e was a national non-fiction bestseller when it was first published in 1999. Now this seminal work is back in a Revised Edition, with a new Preface and Epilogue that sets the book in the context of the last nineteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic in the historiography of the city-state, \u003cem\u003eLee’s Lieutenants\u003c\/em\u003e argues that a sovereign and successful Singapore was not built by a single great leader but by a magnificent team; each a leader in his own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross eight meticulously-argued chapters, filled with vivid photographs that capture key historical moments, leading scholars examine Singapore’s first generation leaders – affectionately and reverentially referred to as the Old Guard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Revised Edition reflects on the passing of most of the Old Guard and its implications for the contested Singapore Story. It also tells the story behind the book: its genesis, its controversy, how it became a national bestseller and its subsequent ‘mainstreaming’ in the Singapore Narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Straits Times Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21016215191665,"sku":"9789814747677","price":29.91,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789814747677_Lee_s_Lieutenants_HR.jpg?v=1706784009","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/lees-lieutenants","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}