TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee,Kuan Yew
TI  - From Third World to first: the Singapore story, 1965-2000 : Singapore and the Asian economic boom 
SN  - 0060197765
AV  - HC445.8 L51
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Lee, Kuan Yew.
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Wirtschaft
KW  - Economic history
KW  - fast
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - SOCIAL CONDITIONS
KW  - unbist
KW  - SINGAPORE
KW  - ASIA
KW  - BIOGRAPHY
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Singapore
KW  - History
N1  - Includes index; Getting the basics right -- going it alone -- building an army from scratch -- Britain pulls out -- Surviving without a hinterland -- creating a financial center -- winning over the unions -- a fair, not welfare society -- the communists self-destruct -- straddling the middle ground -- nurturing and attracting talent -- many tongues, one language -- keeping the government clean -- greening Singapore -- Managing the media -- conductor of an orchestra -- in search of space -- regional and international -- ups and downs with Malaysia -- Indonesia: from foe to friend -- building ties with Thailand, the Philippines, and Brunei -- Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia: Coming to terms with the modern world -- Asean -- Unpromising start, promising future -- East Asia in crisis 1997-1999 -- Inside the commonwealth club -- new bonds with Britain -- Ties with Australia and New Zealand -- South Asia's legends and leaders -- following Britain into Europe -- the Soviet Union -- an empire implodes -- America: the anticommunist anchorman -- strategic accord with the United States -- America's new agenda -- Japan: Asia's first miracle -- Lessons from Japan -- Korea: at the crossroads -- Hong Kong's transition -- Taiwan: the other China -- China: the dragon with a long tail -- Den Xiaoping's China -- China Beyond Beijing -- Tiananmen -- China: to be rich is glorious -- Winding up -- Passing the Baton -- My family -- Epilogue
N2  - "Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis?"; "The story of that transformation is told here by Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdrawal of foreign forces, Singapore now is hailed as a city of the future. This history is recounted by the man who not only lived through it all but who forged ahead and brought about most of these changes."; "Delving into his own notes, as well as previously unpublished government papers and official records, Lee details the extraordinary efforts it took for an island city-state in Southeast Asia to survive at that time."--Jacket
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