Friend, Theodore,

Indonesian destinies / Theodore Friend. - x, 628 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: The Largest Muslim Nation -- Sukarno -- Indonesia, the Devouring Nurturer -- Guided Chaos -- Ego, Voice, Vertigo -- Mass Murder -- Suharto -- The Smile of Progress -- The New Majapahit Empire -- The Sound of Silence -- The Last Years of Living Securely -- Behind, Beyond, Beneath the Power Structure -- Indonesia Burning -- Succession -- Forcing Out Suharto -- Stroke -- New Leaders, New Islam -- Election 1999: Reds, Greens, Blues, Yellows -- East Timor -- Anarcho-Democracy -- Epilogue: Sukarno's Daughter in the Palace. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

"Theodore Friend's remarkable work is a narrative of Indonesia during the last half century, from the post-war revolution against Dutch imperialism to the unrest of today. Part history, part meditation on a place and a past observed firsthand, Indonesian Destinies penetrates events that gave birth to the world's fourth largest nation and assesses the continuing dangers that threaten to tear it apart."--BOOK JACKET.

0674011376 9780674011373

2002043937


Indonesia--Politics and government--20th century

DS644 / .F69 2003

959.803