Harry Poeze, Henk Schulte Nordholt

Merdeka (eBook, ePUB)

The Struggle for Indonesian Independence and the Republic's Precarious Rise, 1945-1950
Übersetzer: Marini, Gioia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Under the slogan 'Merdeka!' the Republic of Indonesia rushed into a battle for independence, a struggle of which no one could predict the outcome. Harry Poeze and Henk Schulte Nordholt provide a new narrative about the revolution, one that focuses not only on the fight against the Dutch but also on the precarious rise of the Republic. After the horrors of the Japanese occupation, the Republican leaders needed to somehow build a new state. From the Dutch side, they had to deal with short-sighted politicians and warmongering soldiers. On its own side, the Republic was confronted with wayward and combative youths, autonomous military leaders, conservative federalists, revolutionary communists, and radical Muslims. Coup d'états, a civil war and two Dutch military attacks threatened the survival of the Republic. That is why the victory finally achieved by the Indonesian leaders is the revolution's greatest miracle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040794593
• Artikelnr.: 75562951

Autorenporträt

Harry Poeze is a former publisher, an honorary fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (Koninklijk Instituut van Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde, KITLV) in Leiden, and one of the leading researchers of the Indonesian Revolution. Henk Schulte Nordholt is emeritus professor of Indonesian history at the University of Leiden and an honorary fellow at the KITLV in Leiden.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
1 The colonial state: violence and modernity
resistance and repression
1900-1941
2 The Japanese occupation: hope
exploitation and mobilisation
1942-1945
3 The proclamation
May-September 1945
4 Local revolutions: bersiap and daulat
October 1945 to mid-1946
5 The Dutch reoccupation and decolonisation
1945-1946
6 The Persatuan Perdjuangan
October 1945 to May 1946
7 The army
June-July 1946
8 Diplomacy and warfare
August 1946 to January 1948
9 Federalism
1947-1948
10 Civil war
February-November 1948
11 The second attack on the Republic
October 1948 to January 1949
12 Violence
diplomacy and independence
1949
13 Unity
1950
Epilogue
Biographical sketches of some of the main characters
List of illustration
Bibliography
Index