A series of books that records Singapore’s evolution on various fronts such as heritage and diplomacy, written to mark the nation’s 50th year of independence, was launched yesterday.

Each title in the 50-volume Singapore Chronicles series is a primer on one of the subjects and penned by experts from the public sector, academia and journalism.

The first 10 books were launched at the National University of Singapore’s Bukit Timah campus by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.

Another 40 titles will be published over the next year.

The books, between 100 and 150 pages each, are jointly published by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and Straits Times Press.

… These are the first 10 titles in the Singapore Chronicles series launched yesterday.

• Defence by Mr Ho Shu Huang of the Institute of Defenceand Strategic Studies (IDSS) at NTU and Dr Samuel Chan of the Australian Defence Force Academy
• Diplomacy by Professor Evelyn Goh of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centreat the Australian National University and Dr Daniel Chua of the IDSS