Indonesia in the Soeharto Years: Issue, Incidents and Images

by John H. McGlynn (Editor), Jimmy Carter (Foreword), Taufik Abdullah (Introduction)

During much of Soeharto s thirty-two years of reign as president (1967-1998) Indonesia was seen as a successful test-case in third-world development, a wayward pariah turned into a shining example of modern economic planning and democracy. His New Order government won awards from the United Nations for the country s advances in family planning. The nation s massive development plans won the applause of the World Bank and international financiers. In fact, behind the New Order s benign façade was an intricate web of nepotism, corruption and a persistent and wide-ranging repression of civil liberties, the full scope of which is now just beginning to become apparent.
Indonesia in the Soeharto years delves into many of the issues and incidents that shaped the nation, from the grim years of 1965 and 1966, up until the nation s first direct election for the president in 2004. Photographs by many of the nation s top photojournalists and essays by economists, government leaders, journalists, activist and scholars provide unique insights into the politics, culture and history of Indonesia under the New Order. With the more than fifty short essays, eighty photographic series and extended captions, and 500 historical photographs, this book is an essential document for anyone interested in the politics and culture of modern Indonesia.

493 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Mohd Nordin Che Omar · Rating 5 out of 5]

A photographic book on the rise and fall of President Soeharto as 2nd President of Indonesia and the transformation of Indonesia from semi-militaristic state to full democratic state post 1998.

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

Goenawan Mohamad is a gifted Indonesian poet. I haven't read very many poems of him, but this book about situation in Indonisia under Soeharto gave me an inspiration to read another collection of selected articles by Mohamad which published in 2002, translated to English by Jennifer Lindsay, mostly on the day's agenda; against war in Iraq; Conversations with Dofferemce is a wonderful collection of essays on the world political situation at the time, still higly valuable to read ..

[Christel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good insight into Indonesian contemporary history, and into Indonesian photography.
Many stunning pictures in this 'coffe-table-size' volume.
If you happen to live in Jakarta, you can read it for free: its available at the Goethe-Institute Jakarta

[aldo zirsov · Rating 3 out of 5]

lumayan dapat 1/4 dari harga asli, new and sealed...!!