East Timor at the Crossroads : The Forging of a Nation

In a rapidly changing post-Cost War world, where many age-old conflicts and injustices are at last being put to rights, East Timor stands out as a still unresolved tragedy. In the past twenty years (1975–95), this former Portuguese colony has been under Indonesian military occupation, an occupation responsible for the death of over 200,000 of its inhabitants (a third of its pre-1975 population…

Communism, Religion and Revolt in Banten

Twice in this century popular revolts against colonial rule have occured in the Banten district of West Java. These revolts, conducted largely under an Islamic leadership, also proclaimed themselves Communist. Islamic Communism is seemingly a paradox. This is especially the case when one considers that probably no religion has proved more resistant to Communist ideology than Islam. Michael W…

Aristide : An Autobiography

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First Published

ISBN/ISSN

0-88344-845-9

Deskripsi Fisik

vii + 205 pgs.; 21,5 cm.

Judul Seri

-

No. Panggil

972.94073092 ARI a

Bung Karno: Ilham Dari Flores Untuk Nusantara

Masa pembuangan Bung Karno di Pulau Flores berlangsung dari 14 Januari 1934 sampai dengan 18 Oktober 1938. Bung Karno menggambarkan dirinya dalam pembuangan itu sebagai “elang yang telah dipotong sayap-sayapnya. Namun, ternyata Bung Karno mampu mengatasi dan mengolah situasi krisis ini secara kreatif sehingga menghasilkan hal-hal positif dalam pembentukan karakter dan kepribadian, sifat dan j…

The Missing Link G 30 S: Misteri Sjam Kamaruzzaman dan Biro Chusus PKI

\"Apakah Sjam mempunyai kemandirian, sehingga ia sendiri bisa merancang G-30S dan membiarkan Aidit tidak tahu detail rencana? Apakah Sjam bekerja untuk tentara ketimbang untuk Aidit? Ataukah ia bekerja untuk pihak ketiga?\" - Jhon Roosa- Siapa sebenarnya sosok Sjam Kamaruzzaman? Di manakah sebenarnya posisi Sjam Kamaruzzaman, cerpihak pada PKI, tentara, atau pihak ketiga? Benarkah ia menj…

Neither Wolf, nor Lamb : Embracing Civil Society in the Aceh Conflict

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First Published

ISBN/ISSN

974-92338-7-5

Deskripsi Fisik

v + 293 pgs.; ils.; 29 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

959.59811 BAR n

The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone …

The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as part of an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning ceaselessly. Yet somehow, the ancient Jews began to see time differently. For them, time had a beginning and an end; it was a narrative, whose triumphant c…

How the Irish Saved Civilization : The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role …

Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western cultu…

Timor : A People Betrayed

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First Published

ISBN/ISSN

0-7333-0537-7

Deskripsi Fisik

xvi + 365 pgs.; 23,5 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

959.86 DUn t

The Crossing : A Story of East Timor

East Timor hit the world’s newspaper headlines in August 1999 after its bloody, brave vote for independence from Indonesia - one of the great expressions of a people’s democratic spirit. Exquisitely crafted and evocative, Luis Cardoso’s personal history of his homeland takes as its central image a crossing—from child to adult, Portuguese to Timorese, tolerance to repression, colonialism…