...William H. Frederick Indonesia Accuses! Soekarno's Defence Oration in the Political Trial of 1930 . Edited, translated, annotated, and introduced by Roger K. Paget . Kuala Lumpur : Oxford University Press , Oxford in Asia Historical Memoirs, 1975 . lxxx, 153 pp. Appendix, Index. $22.00...

...Guy J. Pauker Marhaen and Proletarian . By Soekarno . Translation Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University , 1960 , v, 30 . $1.00. Past and Future . By Mohammad Hatta . Translation Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University , 1960 , ii, 17 . $0.50...

.... Bibliographic Note, Notes, Glossary, n.p. Indonesian politics has been puzzling enough without trying to figure out the precise meaning and role of President Soekarno's thought. Most political analysts have therefore been inclined to play only fitfully with the matter, or else to deny that ideological activity...

... dan- The items reviewed here are exceptionally im- ger, but not the second. Hence there is rather portant. In his preface to the translation of too much in this book about "the whole Indo- President Soekarno's speech "Marhaen and nesian people," the revolutionary spirit, gotong Proletarian," Professor...

... of the degree to which Sukarno exercised independent control over the direction of confrontation. Before the domestic swing to the left triggered by the September 1963 escalation of confrontation, Mackie asserts that "Soekarno almost certainly could have extricated himself from confrontation." Thereafter...

... University, Southeast Asia Studies, 1966. x, 135 pp. Bibliographic Note, Notes, Glossary, n.p. Indonesian politics has been puzzling enough without trying to figure out the precise meaning and role of President Soekarno's thought. Most political analysts have therefore been inclined to play only fitfully...

..., 1942 . 3 By a neat irony of history, the identical motto was written in Japanese characters on a silk scroll by the C-in-C in Java, Harada, and presented to Ir. Soekarno in Sept. 1944. Soeara Moeslimin Indonesia (Djakarta), II, No. 19 (Oct. 1, 1944 ), 1 . 4 Bataviaasch...

... to transform his own trial into an opportunity to publicly indict colonial rule. The extensive speech (here amounting to 142 pages of text) deals with most of the legal niceties in a few paragraphs, concluding simply that they were the responsibility of defense attorneys. From that point, Soekarno expounds...

...). The original alliance of army officers, liberal intellectuals, Islamic groups, and students that destroyed the Communist party and brought down Soekarno, after the strange coup of 1965, was too disparate ideologically and too unbalanced politically to last long. New civilian sectors of the brief coalition...

... Project (Translation Series, no. 59), 1981. viii, 178 pp. Charts, Glossary, Appendixes. $8.75 (paper). The original alliance of army officers, liberal intellectuals, Islamic groups, and students that destroyed the Communist party and brought down Soekarno, after the strange coup of 1965, was too disparate...

... the world, public statements by American presidents, officials of many countries, and interviews with many of those Indonesian elitists whose stars were suddenly brightened by the collapse of both the PKI and Soekarno. Soekarno, "mad," "senescent demogogue," "neofascist dictator," is squarely held...

...! Soekarno's Defence Oration in the Political Trial of 1930. EDITED, TRANSLATED, ANNOTATED, AND IN- TRODUCED BY ROGER K. PAGET. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, Oxford in Asia Historical Memoirs, 1975. lxxx, 153 pp. Appendix, Index. $22.00 How could this work have escaped being translated into English...

..., the content and sources of his political philosophy, and the question of whether or not Guided Democracy was inevitable. For Ghoshal, Sukarno was the hero struggling to save Indonesia from the ruin threatened by those who opposed him. Ghoshal notes "President Soekarno's love and dedication for everything...

... the events of 1965-1966 that brought about the downfall of Soekarno resulted in the creation of a new "political subculture" among students previously little interested in political happenings. The opening chapters discuss the historical and political background of student activities in Indonesia...

.... Readers are treated to succinct histories of Indonesia from ancient times to about 1900 (Beginnings) and of the rise of nationalism in the early-twentieth century (Nation), as well as brief biographies of presidents Soekarno and Soeharto (Leaders). Communism was the topic of an entire chapter...

... light on differences of opinion between Van Maarseveen and Van Roijen concerning New Guinea (see vol. 19, pp. 473, 538-39). At an earlier time, Van Roijen had passed on to Van Maarseveen comments that President Soekarno feared that placing the New Guinea issue on the agenda of the Round Table Conference...

...- early Java. viezen van C. Snouck Hurgronje, 1889-1936, SOEKARNO, Pres. Ideali e realta della libera Indo- uit gegenen door E. Gobee en C. Adriaanse. nesia. Rassegna italiana di politica e di cultura 's-Gravenhage, M. Nijhoff, 1957- v. 1 (Added 33 (1956), 207-16. t. p.: Rijks Geschiedkundige publication...

..., Index. $2.00 (cloth); $1.25 (paper). This compact and very useful book is a brief survey of the origin, purposes, discussions, and achievements of the conference of twenty-nine Asian and African countries held in Bandung, Indonesia in April 1955. Statements by President Soekarno, Chou En-lai, and Pandit...

... the 'solidarity makers' in the struggles of the 1950's (or rather those 'solidarity makers' like President Soekarno who were identified with the cultural traditions of Hindu Java), there were also other politically relevant factors which favored the 'administrator' group. Moreover the eventual victory...

... most of the disasters to which such books are prone and have put together a useful and interesting compilation. The book consists mainly of translated texts or extracts, starting with the original speech in which Soekarno delivered the five principles (belief in the one God, nationalism, democracy...