Singapore Tragedy

Singapore Tragedy

$80.00 AUD

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Condition: SECONDHAND

This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.

Author: S. E. Field
Binding: Hardback
Published: ANGUS AND ROBERTSON LTD, 1943

Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Worn boards with bumping on corners and spine. Fep missing. Clean text.

This firsthand military account presents a stark and unflinching chronicle of the fall of Singapore in 1942, detailing the strategic failures, logistical breakdowns, and human cost of one of the British Empire’s most devastating wartime defeats. S. E. Field commands the narrative with precision, illustrating the collapse of Allied defenses and the chaos that engulfed both military personnel and civilians as Japanese forces advanced. The book argues forcefully against complacency in colonial command structures and uncovers the psychological toll of surrender and captivity. It presents tactical analysis alongside vivid eyewitness testimony, offering a sobering portrait of imperial vulnerability in Southeast Asia.

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Description

Author: S. E. Field
Binding: Hardback
Published: ANGUS AND ROBERTSON LTD, 1943

Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Worn boards with bumping on corners and spine. Fep missing. Clean text.

This firsthand military account presents a stark and unflinching chronicle of the fall of Singapore in 1942, detailing the strategic failures, logistical breakdowns, and human cost of one of the British Empire’s most devastating wartime defeats. S. E. Field commands the narrative with precision, illustrating the collapse of Allied defenses and the chaos that engulfed both military personnel and civilians as Japanese forces advanced. The book argues forcefully against complacency in colonial command structures and uncovers the psychological toll of surrender and captivity. It presents tactical analysis alongside vivid eyewitness testimony, offering a sobering portrait of imperial vulnerability in Southeast Asia.