The impact of National Service and the Singapore Armed Forces upon Singapore’s national identity in the 20th century, through the experiences of servicemen past and present

• Main Author: Leong, Calvin Shuo Lun
• Other Authors: Hallam Stevens
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Politics and government
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76666
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Following Singapore’s independence on 9th August 1965, the new nation was faced with a myriad of challenges and problems; two of which were the physical security of the city-state and how to build a national identity to unify the new nation. Singapore’s physical security concerns were resolved by ac...