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Indonesian communism: a history
"Indonesian Communism is an important synopsis of the history of the Communist movement in Indonesia... No doubt, Mr. Brackman's expose is unusually well documented and composed with a high degree of journalistic responsibility... His study of the Partai Komunis Indonesia balanced against the present phase of the Indonesian Revolution remains, in the view of this writer, the most detailed and accurate study of the archipelago's modern history since professor George McTurnan Kahin's Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia."- United Asia
"Nobody is better qualified to tell the story of the [Indonesian Communist Party's] unexpected growth than Mr. Brackman, who noticed the phenomenon at the time when most observers thought it was a spend force... Mr. Brackman, who spent ten years in and around Indonesia, already knew his subject well before he sat down to read the available documents and write this study. It is, as the publishers claim, the first full-scale account of the PKI's history in the English language... The author is shrewd, accurate, and diligent... The final assesment of the PKI's strengths and weakness is admirably balanced. The book will be indispensable to students of Southeast Asia's most populous country."- The Economist
"This is a first-rate political history, a pioneering book that has none of the deficiencies forgivable, but usually predictable, in path-breaking investigations. Arnold Brackman is clear, accurate, and concise; he is detailed, though never peddantic or dull. His fairness is admirable, as is the calmly honest, calmly outspoken tone
he display throughout... Indonesian Communist is full of important political lessons."- Saturday Review
FREDERICK A. PRAEGER, Publisher
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