"Merdeka"! and the dynamics of extreme violence; The first year of the Indonesian Revolution through the eyes of three Dutch journalists
In the first year after World War II, there was a power massager-top vacuum in Indonesia.The Indonesians had declared their independence.The Allies had assigned the administration of the former Dutch colony to the British.The Dutch thought they could continue their colonial ambitions.It was a year of utter chaos and extreme violence.While most Dutc