This is a study of the internal dynamics of the Indonesian Army in
the decade and a half leading up to the fall of Soeharto. While the
empirical analysis is limited to the Army, the findings have
implications for the military as a whole. Throughout the work, we
use the word Army when referring to the single service branch, and
the terms "ABRI," "Armed Forces," and "military" interchangeably to
refer to the four service branches together.
Chapter one examines change in the Army officer corps during the
1980s and 1990s. In contrast to the existing literature, it argues
that the increasing frequency of large scale reshuffles of military
personnel was primarily neither a response to particular political
developments nor the product of individual personalities and
cliques. We argue instead that this was a reflection of changes in
the size of the officer corps. Tracing these changes to the
National Military Academy in Magelang, Central Java, we demonstrate
that many of the current changes taking place in the Army are a
result of internal structural features of the Army.
Chapter two explores the career patterns of Army officers during
the 1990s. Through a detailed analysis of succession patterns and
the examination of class cohorts from the National Military
Academy, this chapter further refines the basic model presented in
chapter one. This analysis highlights several forms of
institutional rationalization within the Army during the late
Soeharto era.
Drawing on the macro-level analysis of the Army officer corps in
the preceding chapters, chapter three discusses the political
implications of these structural changes for military rule in
Indonesia. While the changing size of the officer corps has
presented the Army with certain new opportunities, it has also
raised new conflicts and tensions. Primary among these are
questions of changing career prospects, alterations in the nature
of the military and its ability to continue its direct role in
socio-political affairs, and emerging divisions between active and
retired officers.
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