A Monument to Nationalism

M.H. Thamrin's words were polite but sharp, and always hit the target.

March 16, 2004

Mohammad Hoesni Thamrin, Membangun Nasionalisme Indonesia
Author: Bob Hering
Publisher: Hasta Mitra, Jakarta, 2003
Pages: 469

INITIALLY this book was intended for a dissertation in Australia in 1966. But it ended up being published 30 years later in the Netherlands with the title of M.H. Thamrin and His Quest for Indonesian Nationhood, 1917-1941.

There is no indigenous Indonesian figure whose life spanned two world wars who is as fully docu

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