Dissident Voices

Personalities in Singapore's political history

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
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Author: Clement Mesenas ISBN: 9789814516860
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Publication: November 15, 2013
Imprint: Marshall Cavendish Editions Language: English
Author: Clement Mesenas
ISBN: 9789814516860
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International
Publication: November 15, 2013
Imprint: Marshall Cavendish Editions
Language: English
They stood firm on their convictions despite the odds. Some paid a heavy toll for their beliefs deprivations, long prison terms, lonely lives in self-imposed exile. But they never broke. Some will say the unflinching attitude of these dissidents against what they perceived as coercive authority has been an exercise in futility. Yet other say the course of Singapore’s history might have been altered if their will had prevailed.Their stories need to be told. The first of it’s kind, this book will inform and educate. Rather than to glorify their tough stance, these memoirs are a record of human endurance. It exemplifies the extremes sacrifices some people will make in pursuit of their ideals. Written by veteran journalist and author Clement Mesenas, this book chronicles the lives of twenty of this country’s leading dissidents including Lim Chin Siong, David Marshall and Ong Eng Guan, among many others.
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They stood firm on their convictions despite the odds. Some paid a heavy toll for their beliefs deprivations, long prison terms, lonely lives in self-imposed exile. But they never broke. Some will say the unflinching attitude of these dissidents against what they perceived as coercive authority has been an exercise in futility. Yet other say the course of Singapore’s history might have been altered if their will had prevailed.Their stories need to be told. The first of it’s kind, this book will inform and educate. Rather than to glorify their tough stance, these memoirs are a record of human endurance. It exemplifies the extremes sacrifices some people will make in pursuit of their ideals. Written by veteran journalist and author Clement Mesenas, this book chronicles the lives of twenty of this country’s leading dissidents including Lim Chin Siong, David Marshall and Ong Eng Guan, among many others.

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