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Genre/Form: | History |
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Named Person: | Nugroho Notosusanto; Nugroho Notosusanto |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Katharine E McGregor |
ISBN: | 9971693607 9789971693602 |
OCLC Number: | 99996334 |
Notes: | "Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with NUS Press." |
Description: | xxi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: analysing constructions of Indonesia's past -- History in the service of an authoritarian regime -- Nugroho Notosusanto and the beginnings of the Armed Forces History Centre -- History in defence of the New Order regime -- Consolidating military unity -- Promoting the military and dual function to civilians -- Establishing a martial tradition and on-going threats to the nation -- Afterword: the militarisation of the Indonesian past. |
Series Title: | Southeast Asia publications series. |
Responsibility: | Katharine E. McGregor. |
Abstract:
Explores the formulation of nationalist history under Suharto, and shows how this effort affected the Indonesian people. The study highlights the role of the Armed Forces History Centre in promoting controversial images of the military as a self-sacrificing people's force, guarding the spirit of independence and protecting the official national philosophy, the Pancasila.
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