From the Third World to the First: The History of Singapore 1965-2000

When the tiny Singapore received independence in 1965, no one believed that he would be able to survive. However, he did not just survive, but turned into a flourishing capital of the Asian region with the world"s best airport, the largest airline, a key shopping port, taking fourth place in the world in terms of per capita income.
This miracle in his memoirs is told by former Prime Minister Singapore Lee Kuan Yu. He revives the story to readers, analyzes the main strategic decisions of our time, writes about how he directed the difficult relations of the United States, China and Taiwan, from year to year, Serving for the leaders of these states and a trustee, and a messenger, and an expert.

For whom this book
The book will be interesting to everyone who is interested in economics and politics, the psychology of relations. And also for those who do not believe that a backward state can quickly become advanced.

Why did we decide to publish this book
from the third world - in the first "written by one of the brightest politicians of the second half of the twentieth century. In a short time, this person turned a tiny city-star without natural resources into the subject of admiration for the first faces of many world powers. Some praised him, others scolded him, but both of them listened to his words and reckoned with him.
We want the Russian reader to get the opportunity to make his own opinion about this extraordinary person, his experience in managing the country and results.

Book chips
Unusual simplicity, clarity, detail and frankness of presentation.

About the author
Li Kuan Yu, the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, was born in Singapore on September 16, 1923 in the family of Chinese immigrants of the second generation. He studied the right in Cambridge. In 1954 he founded a folk action party, which five years later won the election. In 1959, Lee"s thirty-year-old became the first Prime Minister Singapore in history, in 1990 he left this post, retaining the title of Senior Minister of the Cabinet