The Dark Side of the Revolution

The nightmarish drama of Indonesia’s physical and political landscape under Japanese rule, from first-hand accounts.

February 17, 2010

THE DEFINING YEARS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1942-1949
Editor: Jan Krancher
Publisher: McFarland & Company 2003 (www.mcfarlandpup.com)
ISBN 0786417072, paperback, 288 pages

IT takes a strong stomach to read this book, a riveting collection of 24 harrowing and poignant first-hand accounts written by military and civilian survivors of the 3-1/2-year Japanese occupation and the subsequent turmoil accompanying the country’s struggle for indepen

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