With remarkable scope and in scrupulous detail, Professor Anderson analyzes the Indonesian revolution of 1945. Against the background of Javanese culture and the Japanese occupation, he explores the origins of the revolutionary youth groups, the military, and the political parties to challenge conventional interpretations of revolutionary movements in Asia. The author emphasizes that the critical role in the outbreak was played not by the dissatisfied intellectuals or by an oppressed working class but by the youth of Indonesia. Perhaps most important are the insights he offers into the conflict between strategies for seeking national revolution and those for attaining social change. By giving first priority to gaining recognition of Indonesian sovereignty from the outside world, he argu...
Author(s): Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 1972
Language: English
Commentary: This is the OCRed version.
Pages: 509
Foreword by George McT. Kahin
Preface
1. Youth and the Crisis in Java
2. Experience and Vision
3. Opposition
4. Proclaiming Independence
5. Towards a Republican Government
6. The BuchÅ Cabinet and its Audiences
7. Pemuda in Arms
8. A Silent Coup
9. Perdjuangan Kita
10. Parties Are Born
11. The Army and the Badan Perdjuangan
12. Tan Malaka and the Rise of the Persatuan Perdjuangan
13. The Cabinet Falls
14. The March Crisis
15. Socialists and Social Revolution
16. The July Third Affair
Epilogue
Biographical Appendix
Foreign Terms and Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
