Did Singapore Have to Fall?

Karl Hack teaches history at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He specialises in Southeast Asian history, imperialism and counterinsurgency.Kevin Blackburn teaches history at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is an Australian historian who specialises in Australian history and in war and memory.

• PrefaceKeyMapsPhotographsChronology1. Introduction 2. Singapore in 1941 3. The Fatal Decisions 4. The Campaign 5. The Guns of Singapore 6. After the BattleAppendix A: British Forces in December 1941Appendix B: Japanese Forces in December 1941Appendix C: Organisation of Malaya CommandAppendix D: British Aircraft in the Far EastAppendix E: War Diaries for Selected Coastal GunsAppendix F: Gun StatisticsAppendix G: The Guns of Faber and Changi Fire CommandBibliographyNotesIndex

'... a major and original contribution to what the author's call the "never-ending post-mortem" destined to continue not simply for want of an authoritative inquiry conducted at the time but more especially with ever-changing perspectives'.A. J. Stockwell (Royal Holloway, University of London), The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History