Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Baghdad to Singapore and Back
- 2 Growing Up in Colonial Singapore: 1917–1925
- 3 Searching for a Place in the Sun: 1927–1934
- 4 Studying Law in London
- 5 Starting Legal Practice in Singapore
- 6 War
- 7 Rebuilding Broken Lives
- 8 The Legal Legend
- 9 The Political Tyro
- 10 Igniting a Spark
- 11 Into the Deep End: The Struggle for Survival
- 12 Building a New Singapore
- 13 Politics on the Margins
- 14 Doyen of the Bar
- 15 Viva la France!
- 16 The End Game
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Baghdad to Singapore and Back
- 2 Growing Up in Colonial Singapore: 1917–1925
- 3 Searching for a Place in the Sun: 1927–1934
- 4 Studying Law in London
- 5 Starting Legal Practice in Singapore
- 6 War
- 7 Rebuilding Broken Lives
- 8 The Legal Legend
- 9 The Political Tyro
- 10 Igniting a Spark
- 11 Into the Deep End: The Struggle for Survival
- 12 Building a New Singapore
- 13 Politics on the Margins
- 14 Doyen of the Bar
- 15 Viva la France!
- 16 The End Game
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Marshall of SingaporeA Biography, pp. xvi - xviiiPublisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2008