Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World
Mattias Fibiger, "Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World "
English | ISBN: 0197667228 | 2023 | 384 pages | PDF | 29 MB
English | ISBN: 0197667228 | 2023 | 384 pages | PDF | 29 MB
After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a politicide. Seeking to ensure that communism could never again take root in the archipelago, he constructed a New Order to reverse Indonesia's descent into political instability and economic crisis.
Based on unprecedented access to Indonesian archives and a wealth of international sources,
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