The surrender of General Percival to the Japanese at Signapore on 15th February 1942 remains the greatest humiliation by the British army. It involved the loss of 130,000 soldiers and signalled the end of the British Empire. This book focuses on the reasons behind the shocking suddeness of the initial collapse, namely the incapacity of the army commander, Brooke-Popham, the dilatoriness of the Royal Navy under Admiral Phillips and the poor performance of the RAF. Indeed, Winston Churchill emerges with little credit and the author argues convincingly that the British defeat was attributable to defective command at the highest levels.

Malaya 1941: the Fall of a Fighting Empire

Gilchrist, Andrew

Robert Hale, Ltd.

South of Three Pagodas (Lythway Large Print Series)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

G.K.Hall & Co.

Cod wars and how to lose them

Q Press

The Watercress File

Critics Choice Paperbacks

The Divine Daughter: A Naming Ceremony

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

FriesenPress

Ever feel swept up in a sea of novelty? When did the new become more important than the true? Andrew Gilchrist found a remedy to today's nausea of novelty in the most familiar elements of narrative and music. He has composed a new arrangement from the ideas of Marshall McLuhan, Northrop Frye, Bernard Lonergan, and Jordan Peterson, weaving together a promising relationship between what we believe and how we live. This book starts a conversation at the crossroads of art, literature, religion, and psychology. And it begins with the oldest of stories. A boy fell in love with a girl and sung her a song. Each chapter in this book charts a series of helpful symbols and sounds, drawing attention to the melodies, rhythms and tempos that make up our most common experiences. The scientific revolution gave birth to a new understanding of the relationship between observer and observed, lover and beloved. That birth has changed the song. However, we have not welcomed this new daughter into the family with a proper name or fully recognized her part in our spiritual development. With her wisdom, we too might find hope and delight in the back and forth journey between tradition and innovation. Could her compelling voice and playful character help us prepare for the greatest roles of our lives?...

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