Sjahrir: Politics and Exile in Indonesia

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Cornell University Press, May 31, 2018 - Biography & Autobiography - 526 pages

A comprehensive biography of the Indonesian nationalist leader and Prime Minister of the Indonesian Republic, Sutan Sjahrir. This work is both a study of an individual and the social conditions that shaped him. The author has conducted extensive research and interviews with those who knew Sjahrir personally, politically, and by reputation.

 

Contents

Effort at Biography
1
1 The Homeland
5
2 Bandung 19261929
33
3 Holland 19291931
56
4 The Return to Java 19311934
82
5 Prison and the Internment Camp 19341935
118
6 Exile in Banda Neira 19361941
154
7 The Japanese Occupation 19421945
209
8 The Revolution 19451949
269
9 The Fifties 19501959
402
10 The Death
459
On Memory
497
Bibliography
501
Index
517
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