Gangsters and Revolutionaries is the first in-depth study of one of
the peoples armies which emerged from the chaos at the close of
World War II in Indonesia to join the struggle for Indonesian
independence in 1945. It traces the story of the Peoples Militia of
Greater Jakarta from its origins as a loose network of petty
criminals and labor bosses in the slums of urban Jakarta and the
feudal estates of the surrounding countryside, to its destruction
at the hands of the Indonesian army in the late 1940s.
This book examines the social basis of the Indonesian
revolution, especially the ways in which the revolutionary forces
made use of existing social structures in mobilizing a popular
following. It also highlights the painful process by which the new
Indonesian state discarded and suppressed groups which had been
instrumental in its own rise to power.
Archival records, contemporary newspapers and interviews with
survivors have been used to shed new light on the early history of
the Indonesian army, showing a tangled politics in which regular
and irregular units, general staff officers and the Ministry of
Defense vied for influence and struggled to formulate a strategy
for guerrilla war.
Gangsters and Revolutionaries introduces a host of unexpected
but fascinating characters, from the cat-eating General Mustopo and
the implacable Haji Darip to the gangster unit which saw service
with the Dutch as Her Majestys Irregular Troops.
Robert Cribb is Senior Fellow in Indonesian History at the
Australian National University. His research focuses on Indonesian
national identity, mass violence, environmental politics and
historical geography. He is the author of the Historical Atlasof
Indonesia (2000).
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