Emrys Chew
Biographic Data
| ID | 328741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emrys Chew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emrys |
| FAMILY NAME | Chew |
| SIGNATURE | CHEW E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Entrepreneurs of Singapore
How Big Powers Fight Small Wars
Globalized' low-intensity conflicts renew debates about how leading world powers contend with evolving complexities in unconventional warfare. The 'foreign entanglements' of America's imperial present have been compared with the 'savage wars of peace' from Britain's colonial past.1 Beyond the template of Anglo-American civilization, however, military, economic, and cultural manifestations of power must be set in their systemic and structural cont…
Arming the Periphery
A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteent
The Arms Trade in the Western Indian Ocean
By the closing decades of the long nineteenth century, the port-cities of Muscat and Zanzibar had achieved notoriety as principal gateways for arms traffic in the western Indian Ocean. Even as munitions made in Europe inundated their harbours and warehouses, there were European navies mounting surveillance and interdiction operations in nearby tropical waters. By 1880, it was estimated that firearms comprised more than one-third of Zanzibar’s tot…
The Naning War, 1831-1832
The Naning War, long dismissed by historians as a 'little war', was part of a more expansive drama in the history of the Malay world. The war expressed traditional modes of power-broking and opposition, as well as anticipated later political developments in Malaya. From the wider perspective of imperial history, this important but neglected episode of British expansion in the East merits a modern treatment. This article seeks to rectify deficienc…
How Big Powers Fight Small Wars
Globalized' low-intensity conflicts renew debates about how leading world powers contend with evolving complexities in unconventional warfare. The 'foreign entanglements' of America's imperial present have been compared with the 'savage wars of peace' from Britain's colonial past.1 Beyond the template of Anglo-American civilization, however, military, economic, and cultural manifestations of power must be set in their systemic and structural cont…
The Naning War, 1831-1832
The Naning War, long dismissed by historians as a 'little war', was part of a more expansive drama in the history of the Malay world. The war expressed traditional modes of power-broking and opposition, as well as anticipated later political developments in Malaya. From the wider perspective of imperial history, this important but neglected episode of British expansion in the East merits a modern treatment. This article seeks to rectify deficienc…
The Naning War, 1831-1832
The Naning War, long dismissed by historians as a 'little war', was part of a more expansive drama in the history of the Malay world. The war expressed traditional modes of power-broking and opposition, as well as anticipated later political developments in Malaya. From the wider perspective of imperial history, this important but neglected episode of British expansion in the East merits a modern treatment. This article seeks to rectify deficienc…
Arming the Periphery
A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteent
The Arms Trade in the Western Indian Ocean
By the closing decades of the long nineteenth century, the port-cities of Muscat and Zanzibar had achieved notoriety as principal gateways for arms traffic in the western Indian Ocean. Even as munitions made in Europe inundated their harbours and warehouses, there were European navies mounting surveillance and interdiction operations in nearby tropical waters. By 1880, it was estimated that firearms comprised more than one-third of Zanzibar’s tot…
Entrepreneurs of Singapore
How Big Powers Fight Small Wars
Globalized' low-intensity conflicts renew debates about how leading world powers contend with evolving complexities in unconventional warfare. The 'foreign entanglements' of America's imperial present have been compared with the 'savage wars of peace' from Britain's colonial past.1 Beyond the template of Anglo-American civilization, however, military, economic, and cultural manifestations of power must be set in their systemic and structural cont…
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