{"product_id":"9781847927057","title":"Revolusi : Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of staggering scope and drama, \u003ci\u003eRevolusi\u003c\/i\u003e is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Harari\u003cbr\u003e'Utterly compelling' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and on behalf of 68 million compatriots announced the birth of a new nation: Indonesia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour million civilians had died during the Japanese wartime occupation that ousted its Dutch colonial regime. Another 200,000 people would lose their lives in the astonishingly brutal conflict that ensued - as the Dutch used savage violence to reassert their control, and as Britain and America became embroiled in pacifying Indonesia's guerrilla war of resistance: the 'Revolusi'. It was not until December 1949 that the newly created United Nations finally brought the conflict an end - and with it, 350 years of colonial rule - setting a precedent that would reshape the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on hundreds of interviews and eye-witness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative that is alive with human detail at every turn. A landmark publication, \u003ci\u003eRevolusi \u003c\/i\u003eshows Indonesia's struggle for independence to be one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent fusion of oral history, sparkling analysis, and historical wisdom. \u003ci\u003eRevolus\u003c\/i\u003ei has it all: a masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e SEBASTIAN MALLABY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most unlikely and astonishing sagas ... a towering achievement' \u003c\/b\u003eTHOMAS MEANEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magisterial but gripping account of events of urgent importance to us now'\u003c\/b\u003e JASON BURKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'At once vast and intimate, a history in colour' \u003c\/b\u003eLAKSMI PAMUNTJAK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterly display of the historian's craft'\u003c\/b\u003e J M COETZEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful and important book' \u003c\/b\u003ePETER FRANKOPAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45466443841757,"sku":"9781847927057","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781847927057.jpg?v=1720111132","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781847927057","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}