Indonesia

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Indonesia is written by Geoffrey L. Simons and published by Palgrave MacMillan Limited. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0333764994 (ISBN 10) and 9780333764992 (ISBN 13).

This work profiles the appalling human rights record of modern Indonesia, against a history of the country. Brutal repression, the unjust legal system and corrupt nepotism are described, with attention to the independence struggles of the East Timorese and West Papuans. The historical survey includes the anti colonialist campaign, the role of Sukarno as first president, the Suharto decades, the 1998 appointment of Habibie as third president and the social chaos caused by economic collapse. It also describes also how the United States and Britain plotted anti Sukarno "coups", supported 1960s massacres and protected the despotic Suharto regime.