Non Fiction

Lee Kuan Yew : One Man's View of the World

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Overview: In this book, Lee drawns on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on today's world and what it might look like in 20 years. This is no dry geopolitical treatise. Nor is it a thematic account of the twists and turns in global affairs. Instead, in this broad-sweep narrative that takes in America, China, Asia and Europe, he parses their society, probes the psyche of the people and drawns his conclusions about their chances for survival and just where they might land in the hierarchy of tomorrow's balance of power. What makes a society tick? What do its people really believe? Can it adapt? In spare, unflinching prose that eschews political correctness, he describes a China that remains obsessed with control from the centre on its way to an unstoppable rise; an America that will have to share its pre-eminence despite its never-say-die dynamism; and a Europe that struggles with the challenges of keeping its union intact. His candid and often startling views - on why Japan is closed to foreigners, why the Arab Spring won't bring one man, one vote to the Middle East, and why preventing global warming is not going to be as fruitful as preparing for it - make this a fresh and gripping read. Lee completes the book by looking into the future of Singapore - his enduring concern - and by offering the reader a glimpse into his personal life and his view of death. The book is interspersed with a Q&A section in each chapter, gleaned from conversations he had with journalists from The Staits Times. Like him or loathe him, Lee is hard to ignore. With little else left to prove and 70 years of experience, he looks ahead to offer this unvarnished, clear-eyed view of the future shape of the world.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

959.5705 St815l

Penerbit

Singapore : Straits Times Press., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

348

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-4342-56-8

Klasifikasi

959.5705

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

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Subjek

South East Asia -- Politics and government

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