In the Introduction to the first edition I said that this was a book about Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, told in part by Lee himself. Most of the book consists of direct quotations from speeches he made since 1950.
The second edition contains most of the earlier speeches, as well as the major speeches Lee gave in 1968, 1969 and 1970, and his speeches at the 1971 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference held in Singapore. There are also many more pages of illustrations in this edition.
More than a political biography, this is a book of value to politicians in other developing states. Most of their problems are the kind of problems that Lee Kuan Yew has had to contend with. His thinking on these matters has made Singapore unique as a rapidly progressing developing nation.
Alex Josey
Singapore, 1971