Table of Contents

Glossary Editorial Foreword Preface 1. The Origins of Modern Indonesia 2. Independence Undedefined 3. Towards a Unitary Indonesia 4. Party Dominance, 1950 - 55 5. Burying the Party System, 1955 - 59 6. Towards Cataclysm, 1959 - 65 7. The Coup, the Massacres and the Fall of Sukarno, 1965 - 66 8. Politics Suspended, 1966 - 73 9. Towards a Corporate State, 1974 - 87 10. Social Change and Future Prospects Further Reading Maps Index

Reviews

"Indeed one of the delights in its reading is measuring the skill, both stylistic and substantive, of its authors in compressing complexity and exposing and exploring significance in so brief a compass. It is, quite simply, the best short history of modern Indonesia I have read." "Rima"