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Lee Kuan Yew
by Josey, Alex
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 9971650436
- ISBN 13
- 9789971650438
- Seller
-
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Singapore: Times Book International, 1984. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Apart from a small remainder mark on tail, the book is as new. 630 pages. "Alexander Arthur Josey April 1910 - 15 October 1986) was a British journalist, political writer and commentator, biographer, and during WWII and the Malayan Emergency, a propagandist. He is best known for his biographies on the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, as well as: Democracy in Singapore: The 1970 By-Elections, Singapore: Its Past, Present and Future, Socialism in Asia, and Trade Unionism in Malaya.......During WWII Josey was in charge of psychological warfare in Cairo and Palestine. After the war, he was in charge of psychological warfare against the terrorists during The Malayan Emergency. He was employed by Radio Malaya and later Radio Singapore as a political commentator and Controller of News. He wrote over twenty political novels and wrote many political articles on Singapore and Malaysia for various Singapore and international newspapers and journals. He became a good friend of Lee Kuan Yew who later became the Prime Minister of Singapore. He was the first foreign correspondent to be kicked out of Singapore (then part of Malaysia) by the Malaysian government. He returned to Singapore after its independence from Malaysia and became Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's Press Secretary for 10 years, and biographer and public relations officer. He later became the Publications Manager of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce before being crippled by Parkinson's disease. Although planning to return to England due to the high cost of his medicine, he died aged 76 on 15 October 1986 at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. His ashes are kept at the Singapore Casket, 131 Lavender Street, Singapore." (Wikipedia)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013483
- Title
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Author
- Josey, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9971650436
- ISBN 13
- 9789971650438
- Publisher
- Times Book International
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Singapore
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About the Seller
Good Reading Second Hand Books
Biblio member since 2008
Benalla, Victoria
About Good Reading Second Hand Books
Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.