Singapore became a base for Indonesian special operations during the years 1945-1950, both as source of material needed by the newly independent Republic of Indonesia in the face of probable designs on the part of the Netherlands East Indies government to force a military solution to the conflict, and as a transit port in neighboring countries. This book, based on the author's personal involvem…
This book is a significant study of Indonesia's achievement of independence from the Netherlands immediately following World War II. It places the military and diplomatic struggle between the Indonesians and the Dutch within the international context of the period, so that the conflicting pressures on the two parties as they sought an acceptable, realistic, and workable agreement are made much …