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Agbi, S. Olu. "British Imperial Defence and Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific and the Impact of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1937-1941." Ph.D. diss, Birmingham, 1976.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , interwar, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender

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Aizawa, Yoshio. "The Path Towards an 'Anti-British' Strategy by the Japanese Navy between the Wars." See I. Gow, History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, pp. 139-50.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , interwar, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic

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Allen, Louis. Singapore, 1941-1942. The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War Series. London: Davis-Poynter; Newark: Delaware UP; London: Cass, 1977, 1979, 1992, 1994, 2003, xvii, 343 pp. Accurate interpretation of pivotal historic event.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, world war 2, second world war, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence

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Allen, Louis. "Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-1945." Durham University Journal, 64 (December 1971): 120-32. A supplement to Lord Mountbatten dispatches of 1951; among disclosures: divide Indo-China, post-war, at 16 degrees North.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , cold war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, world war 2, second world war

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Ash, Bernard. Someone Had Blundered: The Story of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. New York: Doubleday, 1960, 1961, 306 pp. Popular account.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Attiwill, Kenneth. The Singapore Story. London: Muller; New York: Doubleday, 1959, 1960, 1961, 253 pp. Alt. title: Fortress: The Story of the Siege and Fall of Singapore.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , world war 2, second world war

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Bailey, Douglas. We Built and Destroyed. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1944, 132 pp. Singapore; by British civil engineer.

Keywords:

dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , strategy, strategic

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Barber, Noel. The Singapore Story: From Raffles to Lee Kuan Yew. London: Fontana, 1978, 224 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender

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Barber, Noel. The War of the Running Dogs: How Malaya Defeated the Communist Guerrillas, 1948-1960. London: Collins; New York: Weybright & Talley, 1971, 1972, 284 pp. Alt. subtitle: The Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, cold war, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender

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Barclay, Glen St. John. "Singapore Strategy: The Role of the United States in Imperial Defense." Mil Aff, 39 (April 1975): 54-59.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy

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Bayly, Christopher Alan & Harper, Tim. Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945. London: Allen Lane, 2004, 2005, 2007, xxxiii, 555 pp. Spectacular collapse.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Anglo-Chinese, China, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , world war 2, second world war

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Bell, Christopher Michael. "The 'Singapore Strategy' and the Deterrence of Japan: Winston Churchill, the Admiralty, and the Dispatch of Force Z." EnHR, 116 (June 2001): 604-34. Must see in light of "triple threat": Japan, Germany, Italy, as Admiralty did.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Italian, Italy , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, world war 2, second world war

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Bennett, Geoffrey Martin. Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse. Sea Battles in Close-Up Series, # 7. London: Allan; Annapolis: NIP, 1973, 95 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , world war 2, second world war, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Bennett, Henry Gordon. Why Singapore Fell. London: Argus & Robertson, 1944, 1945, 1994, x, 262 pp. Commander, Australian forces; absconded; notorious escape in Chinese junk.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, world war 2, second world war

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Booth, Ken. "Singapore, 1942: Some Warnings." AQ&DJ, 102 (January 1972): 191-200.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia

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Brooke, Geoffrey A.G. "Singapore 1942: Gallantry amid Disaster." AQ&DJ, 122 (January 1992): 61-65. 50th anniversary.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Brooke, Geoffrey A.G. Singapore's Dunkirk. London: Leo Cooper, 1984, 2003, xiii, 256 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Mennell, Bernard, 'A History of the Singapore Naval Base', Naval Review (99: Aug. 2011) pp. 271-277.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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