Abstract
Thinking of wartime occupations, we tend to picture suppression, looting, and violent and arbitrary rule. For the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, the prevailing image is one of a brutal regime ruling Indonesian society at gunpoint and spoiling the lives of thousands, while incompetent administrators ruined the country. Or was the Japanese period a prelude to revolution and the harbinger of independence?
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 22 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | IIAS newsletter |
| Volume | 38 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2005 |