Young Soeharto: The Making of a Soldier, 1921-1945

by David Jenkins

When a reluctant President Sukarno gave Lt Gen Soeharto full executive authority in March 1966, Indonesia was a deeply divided nation, fractured along ideological, class, religious and ethnic lines. Soeharto took a country in chaos, the largest in Southeast Asia, and transformed it into one of the "Asian miracle" economies--only to leave it back on the brink of ruin when he was forced from office thirty-two years later.

Drawing on his astonishing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814881007
• ISBN13: 9789814881005
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Iseas - Yusof Ishak Institute
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"