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Revolusi : Indonesia and the birth of the modern world / David Van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by David Colmer and David McKay.

by Van Reybrouck, David, author.

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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.

National liberation movements -- Indonesia -- History.

Indonesia -- History -- 1798-1942.

Indonesia -- History -- 1945-

9781324073697 (hardback) :

1324073691 (hardback)

x, 639 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

First American edition.

The VOC mentality: why Indonesia wrote world history -- Assembling the jigsaw puzzle: Dutch expansion in Southeast Asia, 1605-1914 -- The colonial steamship: social structure in a changing world, 1914-1942 -- 'Flies spoiling the chemist's ointment': anti-colonial movements, 1914-1933 -- Silence: the final years of the colonial regime, 1934-1941 -- The pincer and the oil fields: the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, December 1941-March 1942 -- The land of the rising pressure: the first year of the occupation, March 1942-December 1942 -- 'Colonialism is colonialism': mobilisation, famine and growing resistance, January 1943-late 1944 -- 'Our blood is forever warm': the tumultuous road to the Proklamasi, March 1944-August 1945 -- 'Free! Of! Everything!': republican violence and the British nightmare, August 1945-December 1945 -- 'An errand of mercy': the British year, January-November 1946 -- The trap: the Dutch year, November 1946-July 1947 -- 'Unacceptable, unpalatable and unfair': the American year, August 1947-December 1948 -- 'A big hole that smells of earth': the UN year, December 1948-December 1949 -- Into the light of morning: the Indonesian revolution and the world after 1950.

"On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and, on behalf of 68 million compatriots, announced the birth of a new nation. With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after World War II. In this vivid history, renowned scholar and celebrated author of Congo David Van Reybrouck captures a period of extraordinary tumult and chaos to tell the story of Indonesia's momentous revolution, known as the "Revolusi." Encompassing several hundred years of history, he details the formation of the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese invasion that followed, and the young rebels who engaged in armed resistance once the occupation ended. British and Dutch troops were sent to restore order and keep peace, but instead ignited the first modern war of decolonization. America, too, became embroiled with the Indonesians' fierce struggle for freedom. That struggle inspired independence movements in Asia, Africa, and the Arab world, especially in the wake of Indonesia's monumental 1955 Bandung Conference, the first global conference without the West. The whole world had become involved in Revolusi, and the whole world was changed by it. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eyewitness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative, written with remarkable historical clarity and filled with tragedy and passion. A landmark history, Revolusi cements Indonesia's struggle for independence as one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century and entirely reframes our understanding of post-colonialism."-- Provided by publisher.

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