Lee Kuan Yew took a crowded, dirty, poor port town, and turned it into one of the world's great cities. How was he able to lead such an incredible transformation of Singapore?

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Sources:

No Man Is An Island: A Portrait of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew by James Minchin

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grandmaster's Insights on China, United States, and the World by Graham Allison, Michael McConnohie, et al.

From Third World to First by Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore: A Modern History by Michael D Barr

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Writing, research, and production by Ben Wilson.

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