Harry Poeze is a former publisher, an honorary fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (Koninklijk Instituut van Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde, KITLV) in Leiden, and one of the leading researchers of the Indonesian Revolution. Henk Schulte Nordholt is emeritus professor of Indonesian history at the University of Leiden and an honorary fellow at the KITLV in Leiden.

• Foreword, 1 The colonial state: violence and modernity, resistance and repression, 1900-1941, 2 The Japanese occupation: hope, exploitation and mobilisation, 1942-1945, 3 The proclamation, May-September 1945, 4 Local revolutions: bersiap and daulat, October 1945 to mid-1946, 5 The Dutch reoccupation and decolonisation, 1945-1946, 6 The Persatuan Perdjuangan, October 1945 to May 1946, 7 The army, June-July 1946, 8 Diplomacy and warfare, August 1946 to January 1948, 9 Federalism, 1947-1948, 10 Civil war, February-November 1948, 11 The second attack on the Republic, October 1948 to January 1949, 12 Violence, diplomacy and independence, 1949, 13 Unity, 1950, Epilogue, Biographical sketches of some of the main characters, List of illustration, Bibliography, Index

Harry Poeze is a former publisher, an honorary fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (Koninklijk Instituut van Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde, KITLV) in Leiden, and one of the leading researchers of the Indonesian Revolution. Henk Schulte Nordholt is emeritus professor of Indonesian history at the University of Leiden and an honorary fellow at the KITLV in Leiden.

• Foreword, 1 The colonial state: violence and modernity, resistance and repression, 1900-1941, 2 The Japanese occupation: hope, exploitation and mobilisation, 1942-1945, 3 The proclamation, May-September 1945, 4 Local revolutions: bersiap and daulat, October 1945 to mid-1946, 5 The Dutch reoccupation and decolonisation, 1945-1946, 6 The Persatuan Perdjuangan, October 1945 to May 1946, 7 The army, June-July 1946, 8 Diplomacy and warfare, August 1946 to January 1948, 9 Federalism, 1947-1948, 10 Civil war, February-November 1948, 11 The second attack on the Republic, October 1948 to January 1949, 12 Violence, diplomacy and independence, 1949, 13 Unity, 1950, Epilogue, Biographical sketches of some of the main characters, List of illustration, Bibliography, Index

Harry Poeze is a former publisher, an honorary fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (Koninklijk Instituut van Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde, KITLV) in Leiden, and one of the leading researchers of the Indonesian Revolution. Henk Schulte Nordholt is emeritus professor of Indonesian history at the University of Leiden and an honorary fellow at the KITLV in Leiden.

• Foreword, 1 The colonial state: violence and modernity, resistance and repression, 1900-1941, 2 The Japanese occupation: hope, exploitation and mobilisation, 1942-1945, 3 The proclamation, May-September 1945, 4 Local revolutions: bersiap and daulat, October 1945 to mid-1946, 5 The Dutch reoccupation and decolonisation, 1945-1946, 6 The Persatuan Perdjuangan, October 1945 to May 1946, 7 The army, June-July 1946, 8 Diplomacy and warfare, August 1946 to January 1948, 9 Federalism, 1947-1948, 10 Civil war, February-November 1948, 11 The second attack on the Republic, October 1948 to January 1949, 12 Violence, diplomacy and independence, 1949, 13 Unity, 1950, Epilogue, Biographical sketches of some of the main characters, List of illustration, Bibliography, Index