TY - BOOK AU - Desker,Barry AU - Ang,Cheng Guan TI - Perspectives on the security of Singapore: the first 50 years T2 - World Scientific series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building SN - 9789814689328 PY - 2016///] CY - New Jersey PB - World Scientific KW - National security KW - Singapore N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - '[This book] explores the security of Singapore in the last 50 years and its possible trajectories into the future. This volume brings together the diverse perspectives of a team of academics with different expertise, ranging from history to political science to security studies with a common interest in Singapore. The book is further boosted by the recollections of key civil servants involved with foreign affairs and defence, such as S R Nathan, Peter Ho, Bilahari Kausikan and Philip Yeo'-- ER -