ON the morning of October 1, 1965, I was sitting reading in the room where I was staying, at a friends house, when suddenly there was an announcement on the radio: a Revolutionary Council had been formed, in orderif my memory serves me wellto save the Revolution.

At 24 years old, I sensed that Indonesias history was changing radically. My heart was pounding. What was going on? What was going to happen?

Indonesia was full of thunderous words. Crush