Indonesia and the World Circa 1965

October 22, 2013

1965: Indonesia and the world
Editors: Bernd Schaefer. Baskara Wardaya
Published in 2013, by Gramedia.

Like some feared heavyweight, Suharto and the account of what happened in 1965 has long been king of the ring. Schoolchildren still learn that on October 1 of that year, the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) orchestrated a coup against President Sukarno. When it failed, the people's anger boiled over, and many citizens were killed.

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