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Indonesian Destinies

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Description for Indonesian Destinies Paperback. Based on a deep knowledge of Indonesia, its language, and its leaders, Friendtraces the history of this nation over the last 50 years, from its liberationfrom Dutch rule in 1949 to the present. Over 100 illustrations. Num Pages: 640 pages, 60 color illustrations, 50 halftones, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1026.

"How can such a gentle people as we are be so murderous?" a prominent Indonesian asks. That question--and the mysteries of the archipelago's vast contradictions--haunt Theodore Friend's remarkable work, a narrative of Indonesia during the last half century, from the postwar 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.

Friend reveals Sukarno's character through wartime collaboration with Japan, and Suharto's through the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674018341
SKU
V9780674018341
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Theodore Friend
Theodore Friend, former President of Swarthmore College and President Emeritus of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia. He was awarded the Bancroft Prize for his book on Philippine–American history, Between Two Empires. His other books include The Blue-Eyed Enemy and Family Laundry, a novel.

Reviews for Indonesian Destinies
A major work based on an incomparable first-person experience of a stunningly wide range of critical events and major personalities. Friend seems to have known everyone and been everywhere.
Clifford Geertz An engaging romp through the 54 years of Indonesia's existence, its scope is a broad one. Part personal memoir, part history, part economic treatise, it makes for ... Read more

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