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A.H. Nasution’s Passion in Writing

Monday, August 18, 2025

Abdul Haris Nasution became the most prolific writer among Indonesia’s retired generals. The old passion was reignited by the country’s shifting political winds.

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Abdul Haris Nasution in his book collection room at his residence on Jalan Teuku Umar No. 40, Menteng, Jakarta, 1991. Tempo Doc./Rini PWI. tempo : 178038362860.

TO Prabowo Satriyo Gondokusumo, the 20-square-meter room tucked into the corner of the former family home of Abdul Haris Nasution looks much as it did decades ago. A bookcase still lines the right-hand wall. The 73-year-old’s memory drifts back half a century, to his teenage years living with his famous uncle.

“This is where he wrote every day,” Prabowo recalled on Thursday, July 24, 2025, during a visit to the house on Ja

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