Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the Man. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)

From: Pacific Affairs | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Jayasuriya, Hanishka | Copyright information

LEE KUAN YEW: The Beliefs Behind the Man. By Michael D. Barr. Richmond (UK): Curzon Press. 2000. xiv, 273 pp. [pounds sterling]40.00, cloth. ISBN 0-7007-1325-5.

This study by Michael Barr on Singapore's strongman Lee Kuan Yew is by far the best available political biography of Lee. Most biographies of Lee are either hagiographies or highly speculative considerations of his character and politics. There are some exceptions: James Minchin's No Man is an Island: A Study of ...

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