Indonesia's War over Aceh - Last Stand on Mecca's Porch (Hardcover, annotated edition)

By 2003 Indonesia had made such a military commitment to the province of Aceh as to make it the biggest war in the area since the 1975 East Timor invasion. This new book presents the background and history of the war in Aceh, and investigates the domestic and regional implications, and common misunderstanding surrounding its various issues. The problems presented by rebellious Aceh show many of the fundamental vulnerabilities of the Indonesian state itself, to the point where possible secession has provoked quite extreme and uncompromising reactions from Jakarta's ruling elites. So severe are the challenges posed by Acehnese separatism that Indonesia's post-New Order government has embraced a new era of censorship, disinformation and frenzied lobbying, all of which have distorted many important facts about the War and its causes. Drawing on vast open sources of information normally unseen by the English-speaking world, it presents a detailed and critical examination of internal and external drivers of the war and its structure as an 'intelligence report' for public consumption.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Politics in Asia
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	May 2006
Authors:	Matt Davies
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-37239-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-37239-9
Barcode:	9780415372398

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