Singapore's Grand Strategy(English, Paperback, Ang Cheng Guan)

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Singapore's Grand Strategy(English, Paperback, Ang Cheng Guan) is written by Ang Cheng Guan and published by NUS Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9813252235 (ISBN 10) and 9789813252233 (ISBN 13).

New insight into the defense history of Singapore. Even small states can have grand strategies. Singapore, despite its poor natural resource endowment, small population, and size, has often been described as punching above its weight in international affairs. Part of this stems from the way Singapore strategically integrates the different diplomatic, political, and defense-oriented tools at its disposal. To explore this, Singapore's Grand Strategy offers a fresh and useful diplomatic, defense, and security history of Singapore, from its independence in 1965 through today's period of strategic realignment. Most previous studies of grand strategy have focused on super- or at least middle powers, but this book presents an important contribution to international relations and strategic studies by showing how the concept can help explain the strategic posture and achievements of small states as well. Moreover, he brings a historian's perspective to a subject usually tackled by political scientists. The result will be useful and important for scholars in these fields.