Singapore Is Silent
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: front hinges cracked. RSL stamps and name on prelims.
In the darkest hours of the Second World War, Singapore is Silent bears witness to one of the most devastating Allied defeats of the Pacific theatre — the catastrophic fall of Singapore to Japanese forces in February 1942. Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent George Weller chronicles his firsthand experiences on the ground, delivering a searing, on-the-scene account of a British imperial fortress brought to its knees, weaving together the chaos of battle, the collapse of colonial confidence, and the human cost borne by soldiers and civilians alike. Weller writes with the unflinching clarity of a seasoned journalist who saw history unravel before him, and his prose carries an urgency that transforms reportage into literature. The narrative raises profound questions about military strategy, imperial overreach, and the catastrophic consequences of underestimating an enemy — questions that resonated deeply with contemporary readers and continue to reverberate through the historiography of the Pacific War. A rare primary account from a correspondent who was there, this volume leaves the reader haunted by the silence that fell over a city the world had believed impregnable.
Author: George Weller
Format: Hardback
Published: 1943, Harcourt, Brace and Company
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: front hinges cracked. RSL stamps and name on prelims.
In the darkest hours of the Second World War, Singapore is Silent bears witness to one of the most devastating Allied defeats of the Pacific theatre — the catastrophic fall of Singapore to Japanese forces in February 1942. Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent George Weller chronicles his firsthand experiences on the ground, delivering a searing, on-the-scene account of a British imperial fortress brought to its knees, weaving together the chaos of battle, the collapse of colonial confidence, and the human cost borne by soldiers and civilians alike. Weller writes with the unflinching clarity of a seasoned journalist who saw history unravel before him, and his prose carries an urgency that transforms reportage into literature. The narrative raises profound questions about military strategy, imperial overreach, and the catastrophic consequences of underestimating an enemy — questions that resonated deeply with contemporary readers and continue to reverberate through the historiography of the Pacific War. A rare primary account from a correspondent who was there, this volume leaves the reader haunted by the silence that fell over a city the world had believed impregnable.