Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the ManMichael D. Barr
This book deserves to be read by all those who wish to deepen their understanding of Singapore. - Asian Affairs
This study by Michael Barr on Singapores strongman Lee Kuan Yew is by far the best available political biography of Lee. - Pacific Affairs Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister, is a figure whose international stature far exceeds that of the tiny island over which he presided for thirty years. Lee is the principal architect of Singapore's political stability and its economic development throughout Asia. Yet the continuing interest in the man several years after his retirement from the prime ministership derives mainly from his contributions on the greater world stage.
This first book ever to analyze the origin and substance of Lee's ideas is timely and relevant, as well as provocative, and will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, not just of Singaporean history but all the way from political science to semiotics. It is a compelling and lucid study, which is vindicated by the fact that the dissertation on which it is based won the Asian Studies Association of Australia President's Award
