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Download or read book Defending the Lion City written by Tim Huxley and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrounded by larger and more populous nations in the heart of the Muslim Malay world, Singapore has been acutely aware of its vulnerability since separating from the Malaysian federation in 1965. Singapore's government has met its defense needs with characteristic determination, building powerful, well-equipped and highly-trained armed forces based on a relatively small professional core and much larger numbers of conscript and reservist citizen soldiers.