Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Foreword 9
4. 1 The Colonial State: Violence and Modernity, Resistance and Repression 1900–1941 15
5. 2 The Japanese Occupation: Hope, Exploitation and Mobilisation 1942–1945 45
6. 3 The Proclamation May–September 1945 75
7. 4 Local Revolutions: Bersiap and Daulat October 1945 to mid-1946 103
8. 5 The Dutch Reoccupation and Decolonisation 1945–1946 131
9. 6 The Persatuan Perdjuangan October 1945 to May 1946 153
10. 7 The Army June–July 1946 181
11. 8 Diplomacy and Warfare August 1946 to January 1948 209
12. 9 Federalism 1947–1948 233
13. 10 Civil War February–November 1948 255
14. 11 The Second Attack on the Republic October 1948–January 1949 301
15. 12 Violence, Diplomacy and Independence 1949 327
16. 13 Unity 1950 363
17. Epilogue 383
18. Biographical Sketches of Some of the Main Characters 395
19. List of Illustrations and Maps 415
20. Bibliography 417
21. Index 439