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Author Fischer, Louis, 1896-1970.

Title The story of Indonesia / by Louis Fischer
Published New York : Harper, [1959]

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 W'PONDS  959.8 Fis  AVAILABLE
Description 341 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents Pt. 1 Past: romance, gods, and guilders -- Ships, spices, and wars -- Gods remodeled -- From Marco Polo to Napoleon -- Prelude to Raffles -- Raffles rules the Indies -- Russian reports on a revolutions -- Indonesia crawls into the modern age -- Shadows of the future -- Unwilling and the weak -- Japan over the Indies -- Return of the Dutch -- Historic blunder -- Victory without success -- Cold War in the tropics -- Day before tomorrow -- Shackles drop -- Empires are obsolete -- pt. 2 Present: persons, places, and problems -- Land without tension -- Sukarno among his people -- Isle of the gods -- Red and the gold -- Sukarno and the communists -- Asian mind -- All women are created equal -- Djamu, Dukuns, and mystics -- Army in politics -- Military merry-go-round -- Hatta and Sukarno -- Men and money -- Road to happiness -- East or west -- Non-communism and anti-communism -- American policy in Asia -- Man who is Hatta -- Nasution talks -- Interview with Sukarno -- Future of Asia and Africa
Notes Bibliography: p. 323-329
SUBJECT Indonesia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065741
LC no. 59012442