Contents

• Editorial

• Military History

  The Battle of Pasir Panjang Revisited
  by Mr Lim Choo Hoon

  The Controversy of Critical Battles Which Defined the German-Russian War of 1941 to 1943
  by LTA (NS) Wong Tze Yung

Alexander and Genghis Khan: Two World Conquerors Compared
by Mr Ronald Hee

• Geopolitics/Strategies Studies

Islam and the West/Rest: Perspectives on the Internatinoal Impact of Islam
by Mr Toh Ee Loong

Unclenching the Fisted Hand: Globalisation and Military Multilateralism
by COL Jimmy Tan

Global White Powder Kegs - the Smoking Gun of Drug Money and Dirty Wars
by MAJ Irvin Lim Fang Jau and LT Douglas Tastad

• Defence Policy

Exploring MCM Co-operation
by LTC Philip Alvar

• Military Technology

The Crossbow Project
by Students of the US Naval Postgraduate School

• Book Review

What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, What If? Strategic Alternatives of WWII
Reviewd by Mr Ronald Hee

Personality Profile: Lord Louis Mountbatten

Selected Books and Reports: Tim Huxley