Indonesian Communism

Author : Rex Mortimer
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9793780290

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Indonesian Communism Under Sukarno by Rex Mortimer Pdf

This sophisticated study, now brought back into print as the second book in Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series, delineates the ideology of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) during a crucial period in its history. After sketching the evolution of the Party's doctrines between 1951 and 1959, Professor Mortimer analyzes the ideas, programs, and policies of the PKI during Guided Democracy, showing how they developed and were implemented. Mortimer thoroughly examines the relationship between the Party and President Sukarno and offers new interpretations of the events leading up to the abortive coup and the bloody destruction of the PKI in 1965. Specialists and students of modern Indonesia and of Asian nationalism will welcome this first history of Indonesian communism during an era that began with spectacular expansion and ended in disaster.

Author : Ruth T. McVey
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501742651

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The Rise of Indonesian Communism by Ruth T. McVey Pdf

The Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) is the strongest political party in Indonesia. It is also the most powerful communist party outside the Sino–Soviet bloc. The oldest major Indonesian party, it was the first communist movement in Asia beyond the borders of the former Russian Empire. In The Rise of Indonesian Communism, Ruth T. McVey traces the development of the PKI from its birth in 1914 to its temporary eclipse in 1927 after a disastrous attempt at revolution. The author gives equal emphasis to the PKI' s role in Indonesian politics and its part in the international communist movement. Three aspects of domestic Indonesian communism are considered: the party's history, its place in the constellation of Indonesian political movements, and its influence on colonial government policy. The treatment provides insight into the economic, social, and political factors shaping the revolutionary movement, the significance of ideology as a motivating force in Indonesian political action, and the relationship between communism and Islam. The product of research in five countries and as many languages, Miss McVey's book is the definitive study of the beginnings of the Indonesian Communist Party. It will be vital reading for anyone interested in Indonesian politics and in the development of communism in Asia.

Author : Max Lane
Publisher : What Was Communism
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1906497672

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Catastrophe in Indonesia by Max Lane Pdf

In Catastrophe in Indonesia, Lane probes this massive and complicated collapse of communism, providing a thorough and knowledgeable explanation of how the movement's leadership trapped itself in such a disastrous situation. He then brings the story up to the present, analysing the overall impact on Indonesian politics and the re-emergence of a new Indonesian Left. --Book Jacket.

Author : Ruth Thomas McVey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Communism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120051730

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The Social Roots of Indonesian Communism by Ruth Thomas McVey Pdf

Author : Ann Swift
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9786028397223

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The Road to Madiun by Ann Swift Pdf

This thesis on Madiun was written during a year spent at Cornell studying Southeast Asia on a State Department training program. I had just come from a three-year assignment in Indonesia (1968-1971) and was being trained for more service in the area. Searching for a thesis topic, I was drawn to the Madiun period: it was one of the most turbulent periods of the Indonesian revolution and one which had stirred a reasonable amount of controversy. I decided to take an in-depth look at the period, trying to come at it from an Indonesian perspective while keeping an eye cocked to world events. My methodology was simple: I read everything I could find on the subject and talked to as many people as possible. The further I got into my research, the more I realized that the key to understanding what had actually happened in 1948 was the newspapers of the period. These happily were available in abundance in Cornell's outstanding library and gave me not only an accurate chronology of events but a first-hand look at how people of the period viewed those events at the time-without the disadvantage of hindsight. I made what were to me some fascinating discoveries (historians' views of "fascinating" can be a bit obscure) and produced a thesis which is probably a bit more than most people would really like to know about the period. Hating to leave out anything, I added footnotes almost as long as the thesis itself. I had no preconceived notions when I started the thesis and tried to maintain my objectivity throughout. I was not looking for a particular solution to "what happened" and perhaps because of this, the thesis lacks a resounding conclusion. I hope, however, it will add a bit to the knowledge of the period. - Ann Swift, June 1988

Author : Arnold Brackman
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015016494547

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Indonesian Communism by Arnold Brackman Pdf

Author : Ruth T. McVey
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9786028397070

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The Soviet View of the Indonesian Revolution by Ruth T. McVey Pdf

Although in recent years there have been an increasing number of studies of the Indonesian Communist Party and of the Indonesian revolution (1945-49), there has been relatively little attention paid specifically to the role of the party in the revolutionary period and its relationship during that period with the Soviet Union. Furthermore, virtually no studies have been made of the perceptions of the Soviet Union of the character of the Indonesian revolution and the level of sophistication and understanding which its Indonesian specialists brought to the study of Indonesian affairs of this period. We believe that with this Interim Report Ruth McVey has made an important beginning in overcoming our ignorance of this most important subject. Her study makes a significant contribution both to our understanding of Indonesian Communism and of Soviet relations with Asian Communist parties in the critical period after World War II. From 1954 to 1956, Miss McVey undertook intensive research on Soviet materials available in the United States and Western Europe and on Dutch Communist and Indonesian Communist publications available in the Netherlands and at Cornell. This study, first published in 1957, is based on her analysis of these documents and covers the period 1945-1950. About the Author Ruth McVey received her M.A. in 1954 from the Harvard Soviet Area Program. Subsequently under the auspices of the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project she carried on research for fifteen months in the Netherlands and England, and it was following this that she wrote this Interim Report. After further graduate work at Cornell, McVey was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship for additional research in the Netherlands and Indonesia. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1961.

Author : Donald Hindley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Kommunis Indonesia
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1963 by Donald Hindley Pdf

Author : Rex Mortimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:469379857

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Indonesian Communism Under Sukarno by Rex Mortimer Pdf

Author : Antonie C. A. Dake
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111653235

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In the spirit of the Red Banteng by Antonie C. A. Dake Pdf

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Author : Olle Törnquist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011801431

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Dilemmas of Third World Communism by Olle Törnquist Pdf

Author : Peter Edman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015066244396

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"Communism a la Aidit" by Peter Edman Pdf

Author : Arnold C. Brackman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Communism
ISBN : 0393053776

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The Communist Collapse in Indonesia by Arnold C. Brackman Pdf

Author : Ruth Thomas McVey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Communism
ISBN : LCCN:65013235

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THE RISE OF INDONESIAN COMMUNISM. by Ruth Thomas McVey Pdf

Author : Vincent Bevins
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781541724013

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The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins Pdf

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2020 BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful. In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War.