Derek Law's Bibliography

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ID	Description	Categories
702	WETTERN, Desmond. The Lonely Battle. 223p., illus. London: W. H. Allen, 1960. PO James Cuming was in the crew of the gunboat Peterel when she was destroyed by Japanese gunfire at Shanghai. Cuming hid in the town throughout the war and even helped in the work of an espionage ring. This tells his story and that of the other survivors.	The Loss of the Far East	view
703	WIGMORE, Lionel. The Japanese Thrust (Australia in the War of 1939-1945: Series 1, Army: vol. 4). xvi, 715p., illus., index. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1957. How the empire stumbled to the nadir of fortune. An excellent chronicle of the opening of the war in the Far East. Naval events are briefly described.	The Loss of the Far East	view
704	WILLMOTT, H. P. The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies February to June 1942. xix, 596p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1983. ISBN: 0870210920. The excellent second volume of a planned trilogy, which takes a fresh look at the period.	The Loss of the Far East	view
705	WILLMOTT, H. P. Empires in the Balance: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategy to April 1942. xxiii, 487p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Orbis; Annapolis: NIP, 1982. ISBN: 0856134287. A military historian looks at the background to the Japanese Pacific assault.	The Loss of the Far East	view
706	WILSON, Michael. A Submariners' War: The Indian Ocean 1939-45. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Tempus, 2000. ISBN: 0752420135. Submarines from seven nations fought in the Indian Ocean. This book attempts to give an overview of their deployment and success in chapters arranged by country.	The Loss of the Far East	view
707	ALLEN, Louis. Singapore 1941–1942 (The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War). 343p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Davis-Poynter, 1977; Cranbery, NJ: Associated University Press, 1979. ISBN: 070670181X. A re-examination of the original sources of all sides. A second edition was published in 1993.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
708	ARMSTRONG, Ralph E.H. Short Cruise on the Vyner Brooke. 144p., bibliog., illus. Maidstone: George Mann, 2003. ISBN: 0704104067. The poignant tale of one of the steamers which unsuccessfully attempted to carry refugees from Singapore as it fell. She was lost to the Japanese. The author was a schoolboy passenger.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
709	ATTIWILL, Kenneth. The Singapore Story. 253p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Muller, 1959. An early attempt at a rounded history of the disastrous campaign. Limited naval material. Published in the USA in 1960 by Doubleday as Fortress: The Story of the Siege and Fall of Singapore	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
710	BARBER, Noel. Sinister Twilight: The Fall and Rise Again of Singapore. 318p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. ISBN: 1199419532. Follows the rapid collapse of Singapore through the lives of individuals both great and obscure. Some marginal naval material. The US edition is called A Sinister Twilight.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
711	BROOKE, Geoffrey. Singapore's Dunkirk: The Aftermath of the Fall. xv, 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1989. ISBN: 0850529719. One of the escapees describes the fate of all those who tried to escape in boats large and small. A tragic tale. Reprinted in 2003.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
712	CAFFREY, Kate. Out in the Midday Sun: Singapore 1941-1945. 312p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Deutsch, 1974. ISBN: 0233964606. Deals with the fall of Singapore and the long captivity of the survivors until their repatriation. Some naval references.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
713	CALLAHAN, Raymond. The Worst Disaster: The Fall of Singapore. 293p., bibliog., illus., index. Newark: University of Delaware Press; London: Associated UP, 1977. ISBN: 087413112X. A strategic study of why the fall was inevitable, given decisions before the war. An edition was published in Singapore by Cultured Lotus in 2001 (ISBN: 9810436777).	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
714	CUNYNGHAM-BROWN, Sjovald. Crowded Hour. ix, 156p., illus., index. London: Murray, 1975. ISBN: 0719531705. The engaging autobiography of a colonial administrator in Malaya. He joined the RNVR and graphically describes the fall of Singapore, his escape and capture and imprisonment by the Japanese.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
715	ELPHICK, Peter. Singapore: The Pregnable Fortress. A Study in Deception, Discord and Desertion. [xviii], 441p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hodder, 1995. ISBN: 0340649909. An amateur historian creates a powerful indictment of the management of the campaign and records the squalid behaviour as well as the gallantry of those who took part in this dreadful defeat.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
716	FALK, Stanley L. Seventy Days to Singapore: The Malayan Campaign 1941-1942. 301p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale; New York: Putnam, 1975. ISBN: 070914928X. An American military historian looks at the Malayan Campaign, including a lucid account of the fateful sinking of Force Z.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
717	FARRELL, Brian P. The Defence and Fall of Singapore 1940-1942. 447p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Tempus, 2005. ISBN: 0752423118. A fresh attempt to review this important battle in the light of all the records now available, many not having been released by governments for fifty years.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
718	GALLAGHER, O. D. Retreat in the East. 190p., illus. London: Harrap; Garden City: Doubleday, 1942. Gallagher was a war correspondent who was sunk in Repulse and then saw the fall of Singapore and the retreat through Burma. US title: Action in the East.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
719	GOUGH, Richard. The Escape from Singapore. 246p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1987. ISBN: 0718306554. The story of a small secret unit, which organised escapes when Singapore fell.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
720	GOUGH, Richard. SOE Singapore 1941-42. 245p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1985. ISBN: 0718305841. In the shambles surrounding the fall of Singapore, the Orient Mission - a section of SOE - was overwhelmed, but its survivors formed the nucleus of deep penetration groups who fought for about a year. Some marginal naval involvement.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view
721	GRIFFITH-JONES, Lionel. That's My Lot: An Anecdotal Autobiography of a British Ex-Singapore Colonial. xii, 179p. New York: Vantage, 1984. ISBN: 0533059305. A fascinating autobiography. The son of expatriates, he went to work with the Singapore Harbour Board in 1938. He gives an excellent sense of period and atmosphere describing his and his brother's experiences as the island fell. He escaped to join the Royal Indian Navy, this service also being described.	The Loss of the Far East The Fall of Singapore	view

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