Indonesia: The Long Oppression

Indonesia: The Long Oppression
ISBN-10
0333982843
ISBN-13
9780333982846
Series
Indonesia
Category
Political Science
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2000-05-09
Publisher
Springer
Author
G. Simons

Description

Geoff Simons profiles the appalling human-rights record of modern Indonesia, against a history of the country. Brutal repression, the unjust legal system and corrupt nepotism are described, with attention to the independence struggles of the East Timorese and West Papuans. The historical survey includes the anti-colonialist campaign, the role of Sukarno as first president, the Suharto decades, the 1998 appointment of Habibie as third president and the social chaos caused by economic collapse. It also describes how the United States and Britain plotted anti-Sukarno coups , supported 1960s massacres, and protected the despotic Suharto regime.

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