The Indonesian Tragedy

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Insightful analysis of Indonesia's tumultuous 1965-1975.

If you're interested in Southeast Asian history or politics, "The Indonesian Tragedy" offers a comprehensive and critical look into a decade that shaped modern Indonesia. The events of 1965-1975 were pivotal, and Brian May delves into them with a keen analytical eye, making this book essential for understanding the complexities of Indonesian society and the international implications of those years.

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The Indonesian Tragedy

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ISBN: 9780710088345
Authors: Brian May
Date of Publication: 1978-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Economics, Politics, Sociology
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The concept of 'developing' countries dismissed as a cruelly misleading euphemism. The much talked of economic 'take-off' cannot take place in countries like Indonesia, where a bazaar mentality dominates commerce. Her population of about 135 million in 1977 is likely to rise by the year 2000 to 280 million by which time she will be unable to feed herself. Optimistic theories of development, and facile blaming of Dutch imperialism, hide the reality of chronic socio-economic stagnation. These will have to be discarded if the problem of Indonesia is to be understood, let alone solved. The author demonstrates the 'Indonesian Tragedy' not so much by argument, as by depicting the country as he experienced it from day to day. In developing his conclusion, he draws on history, and the works of sociologists, some of whom he disagrees with. In this way he sheds light on the predicament of Indonesia and helps to illuminate a problem common to much of the Third World.
 

Insightful analysis of Indonesia's tumultuous 1965-1975.

If you're interested in Southeast Asian history or politics, "The Indonesian Tragedy" offers a comprehensive and critical look into a decade that shaped modern Indonesia. The events of 1965-1975 were pivotal, and Brian May delves into them with a keen analytical eye, making this book essential for understanding the complexities of Indonesian society and the international implications of those years.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.