On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and, on behalf of 68 million compatriots, announced the Birth of a new nation.
A landmark history, Revolusi cements Indonesia\'s struggle for independence as one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century and entirely reframes our understanding of post-colonialism..
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eyewitness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative, written with remarkable historical clarity and filled with tragedy and passion.
The whole World had become involved in Revolusi, and the whole World was changed by it.
That struggle inspired independence movements in Asia, Africa, and the Arab world, especially in the wake of Indonesia\'s monumental 1955 Bandung Conference, the first global conference without the West.
America, too, became embroiled with the Indonesians\' fierce struggle for freedom.
British and Dutch troops were sent to restore order and keep peace, but instead ignited the first Modern war of decolonization.
Encompassing several hundred years of history, he details the formation of the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese invasion that followed, and the young rebels who engaged in armed resistance once the occupation ended.
In this vivid history, renowned scholar and celebrated author of Congo David Van Reybrouck captures a period of extraordinary tumult and chaos to tell the story of Indonesia\'s momentous revolution, known as the Revolusi.
With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after World War II.
On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and, on behalf of 68 million compatriots, announced the Birth of a new nation
