{"product_id":"original-sin-revising-the-revisionist-critique-of-the-1963-operation-coldstore-in-singapore-pos","title":"Original Sin? Revising the Revisionist Critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevisionist\" or \"alternative\" historians have increasingly questioned elements of the Singapore Story - the master narrative of the nation's political and socioeconomic development since its founding by the British in 1819. Much criticism focuses especially on one defining episode of the Story: the internal security dragnet mounted on 2 February 1963 against Communist United Front elements on the island, known to posterity as Operation Coldstore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe revisionists claim that Coldstore was mounted for political rather than security reasons and actually destroyed a legitimate Progressive Left opposition personalized by the charismatic figure of Lim Chin Siong - rather than a dangerous Communist network as the conventional wisdom holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelying on both declassified and some previously unseen classified sources, this book challenges revisionist claims, reiterating the historic importance of Coldstore in helping pave the way for Singapore's remarkable journey from Third World status to First in a single generation.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"....book is relevant and an excellent piece of analysis.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003eProfessor Thomas J. Bellows, Political Science, University of Texas at Austin, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKumar Ramakrishna\u003c\/strong\u003e is a tenured Associate Professor, Associate Dean in charge of Policy Studies, as well as Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRamakrishna has been a frequent speaker on counter-terrorism before local and international audiences, a regular media commentator on the issue, and published in numerous internationally refereed journals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alkem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21605993185393,"sku":"9789814620437","price":35.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Original-sin-kumar-ramakrishna-00.jpg?v=1557387535","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/original-sin-revising-the-revisionist-critique-of-the-1963-operation-coldstore-in-singapore-pos","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}