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The Singapore Story (Student Edition): Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
by Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew was at once an unabashed political machiavellian - using his wit to out-maneuver the colonialists, the communists, and eventually the Malayan communalists - and a man with high ideals, who prized excellence over pleasure, and who wanted to build a society where every individual, regardless of race or religion, would have an equal chance of making good in life. This is perhaps why opinion of him will always be fundamentally split; why there will be fans and detractors alike, and why there will always be a kernel of truth in both of these views. But the world of politics can never be simplistic - governing a society, with heterogeneous interests within, and competing claims without, always involves trade-offs. At the end of the day, knowledge must precede judgment, and for this reason alone, this book is one of the must-reads for any person who wants to understand Singapore and the man behind much (even if not all) of what it is today.