Part I  Getting the Basics Right

1. Going It Alone
2. Building an Army From Scratch
3. Britain Pulls Out
4. Surviving Without a Hinterland
5. Creating a Financial Center
6. Wining Over the Unions
7. A Fair, Not Welfare, Society
8. The Communist Self-Destruct
9. Straddling the Middle Ground
10. Nurturing and Attracting Talent
11. Many Tongues, One Language
12. Keeping the Government Clean
13. Greening Singapore
14. Managing the Media
15. Conductor of an Orchestra

Part II – In Search of Space–Regional and International

16. Ups and Downs with Malaysia 1
17. Indonesia: From Foe to Friend
18. Building Ties with Thailand, the Philippines, and Brunei
19. Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia: Coming to Terms with the Modern World
20. Asean- Unpromising Start, Promising Future
21. East Asia in Crisis 1997-1999
22. Inside the Commonwealth Club
23. New Bonds with Britain
24. Ties with Australia and New Zealand
25. South Asia’s Legends and Leaders
26. Following Britain into Europe
27. The Soviet Union- An Empire Implodes
28. America- The Anti Communist Anchorman
29. Strategic Accord with the United States
30. America’s New Agenda
31. Japan: Asia’s First Miracle
32. Lessons from Japan
33. Korea: At the Crossroads
34. Hong Kong’s Transition
35. Taiwan: The Other China
36. China: The Dragon with a Long Tail
37. Deng’s Xiaoping’s China
38. China Beyond Beijing
39. Tiananmen
40. China: To Be Rich Is Glorious

Part III Winding Up

41. Passing the Baton
42. My Family
43. Epilogue