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Indonesian Destinies by Theodore Friend is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>"How can such a gentle people as we are be so murderous?" a prominent Indonesian asks. That question--and the mysteries of the archipelago's vast contradictions--haunt Theodore Friend's remarkable work, a narrative of Indonesia during the last half century, from the postwar revolution against Dutch imperialism to the unrest of today. Part history, part meditation on a place and a past observed firsthand, <i>Indonesian Destinies</i> penetrates events that gave birth to the world's fourth large
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Theodore Friend
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674018341
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Historical Fiction, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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