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atsundarsingh's review
3.0
I have such mixed feelings about this book. Lee obviously had a huge role to play in shaping the course of modern Singapore, but the book is notable in that his vision of the Singapore he shaped is just that: quite unidirectional. This is his story, and Singapore's story, so it's a Chinese story, one that eclipses the roles played by other groups and the culture on the ground in a country that is much more than its diplomatic relations. On the flip side, this is a wealth of insight into diplomacy at the time, as filtered as it must be.
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