Joseph H. Daves

The Indonesian Army from Revolusi to Reformasi - Volume 2: Soeharto and the New Order (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

From the Indonesian Republic's onset, there has been some form of military participation in political life the more significant and interesting aspect of the Indonesian Army's distinctive history. Volume 2 in this three-volume set covers the assassination of army leaders on October 1, 1965, the massacre and imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of suspected communists, elimination of the Indonesian Communist Party, the ouster of President Sukarno, General Soeharto's rise to power, consolidation of the New Order military regime, the suppression of all forms of free expression and dissent, the brutal invasion and occupation of tiny East Timor, separatist insurgencies on the periphery of the archipelago, General Benny Moerdani's reign as the country's second most powerful man, Soeharto's turn toward Islam and his increasingly desperate efforts to preserve power at all costs during the late-1990s setting the stage for the nationwide reformasi movement, the May 1998 riots and Soeharto's abdication the subject of Volume 3. Written in a journalistic style, these three volumes provide readers insights into Indonesian culture and help them understand why soldiers of the Indonesian Army have behaved the way they do often in ways, from a western perspective, that must be considered less-than-honorable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Joseph H. Daves
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781310404528
• Artikelnr.: 69675965

Autorenporträt

Colonel Joseph H. Daves was U.S. Defense and Army Attaché to Indonesia from November 1998 to June 2003. He arrived in Jakarta six months after President Soeharto's resignation and served as the senior U.S. military representative in Indonesia during the August 1999 East Timor consultation, the ensuing "scorched earth" campaign by Indonesian security forces, the nearly four-year sectarian civil war in Maluku, the August 2002 ambush deaths of American citizens in Papua, the October 12, 2002 terrorist bombings in Bali that resulted in the deaths of more than 200 persons, and the bloody separatist insurgency in Aceh. As principal advisor to the American Ambassador and Country Team, he was actively engaged with Indonesia's top military and civilian leaders and travelled extensively throughout the archipelago.