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The Japanese Road to Singapore: Japanese Perceptions of the Singapore Naval Base, 1921-41 YAMAMOTO FUMIHITO Master of Arts, Dokkyo University Bachelor of Arts, Dokkyo University A THE

The Japanese Road to Singapore: Japanese Perceptions

of the Singapore Naval Base, 1921-41

YAMAMOTO FUMIHITO

(Master of Arts, Dokkyo University) (Bachelor of Arts, Dokkyo University)

A THESIS SUBMITTED

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOPOPHY

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

2009