A Man of Ideas

First Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir’s role in post-independence Indonesia.

March 31, 2010

SUTAN SJAHRIR: TRUE DEMOCRAT, FIGHTER FOR HUMANITY
Author: Rosihan Anwar
Editors: Jaap Erkelens (Hilversum), Sabam Siagian (Jakarta)
Preface: Dr Ignas Kleden
Publisher: Penerbit Buku Kompas, 2010

FOR some political scientists, it is perhaps enigmatic that no powerful or influential forces of the Left emerged in Southeast Asia during and after colonialism, apart from of course the Communists, in particular in Indonesia and Vietnam. The other

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