Indonesia and small wars in Southeast Asia-Post WWII?

[davidbfpo]

If anybody could please forward information regarding the military archives in London with respect to British involvement in Indonesia immediately following WW II, I would be most grateful.

Thanks
Jeff

Jeff,

The UK military archives is not my subject and so these comments are that. Some military records are at the National Army Museum, in London (mainly military journals); the political and government papers are the old Public Records Office, now renamed the National Archives, at Kew, London and depending what you are looking for in other places, e.g. university library special holdings, with general's personal papers.

I know General Gracey and his Indian division left Saigon for Indonesia. In some reading the fighting around the port city, Surabaya was described as very hard.

Do the Official History series cover post-VJ activity?

There maybe items in the Imperial War Museum, London and the RAF / RN museums.

Are there any historians who specialise in this period?

[JeffWolf]

This

http://www.amazon.com/British-Occupa...9058975&sr=8-2

appears to be spot-on for what I'm looking for; perhaps others may find it interesting and/or useful, too.

Incidentally, Pete23 and others, I hate to sink to such a low common denominator but the Wikipedia page on Indonesia's "konfrontasi" or "confrontation" with Malaysia seems fairly comprehensive with respect to its bibliography.

Also, I've read a fair amount of this - http://www.amazon.com/Indonesias-War...9059864&sr=8-2 - and first, I'm guessing that it's the best English-language source on the topic, and second, it seems a good example of open source intelligence, for those who are interested in the topic.

Thanks
Jeff

[GI Zhou]

This

http://www.amazon.com/British-Occupa...9058975&sr=8-2

appears to be spot-on for what I'm looking for; perhaps others may find it interesting and/or useful, too.

Incidentally, Pete23 and others, I hate to sink to such a low common denominator but the Wikipedia page on Indonesia's "konfrontasi" or "confrontation" with Malaysia seems fairly comprehensive with respect to its bibliography.

Also, I've read a fair amount of this - http://www.amazon.com/Indonesias-War...9059864&sr=8-2 - and first, I'm guessing that it's the best English-language source on the topic, and second, it seems a good example of open source intelligence, for those who are interested in the topic.

Thanks
Jeff

If you get to Kuching Sarawak visit the Police Museum on the island off China town as it has some excellent arifacts. if you contact me I can send you some material on Indonesia arming 'Communist' guerrillas in Sarawak. They were more freedom fighters in my opinion and I am no supporter of Communism.

[JeffWolf]

Hello,

I was hoping I could kindly tap the resources of SWJ once more, with a somewhat but not totally different request. If anyone knows of any Australian archival material, or locations where archives are located, regarding "Morotai Force," I would be grateful if he/she could post said information.

Thanks
Jeff

[JeffWolf]

I should have mentioned that I have already come across these three sources:

http://trove.nla.gov.au

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/exp.../services.aspx

http://www.awm.gov.au/search/collections/

Thanks again
Jeff

[BRICK0302]

Kevin,
I'm in Indonesia now basically studying some of the same topics, currently trying to read the Official Indonesian Army's history of the Darul Islam rebellion in Aceh. I think Kilcullen does a good job highlighting why these conflicts are worth learning about, as many are highly instructive. My focus has been Aceh, and I have a lot of readings on it I can recommend. I concur with the recommendation to check out the ICG. Kirsten Schulze or Ed Aspinall are some of the best on the topic.

[wiku]

Feet to the Fire, Subversion as Foreign Policy, and Permesta: Half a Rebellion, about the Permesta/PRRI rebellion in the late 1950s:http://www.amazon.com/Feet-Fire-Oper...et+to+the+Fire

Kopassus by Conboy also mentions Indonesia considering support for Cambodia against the Khmer Rouge in the early 1970s. They sent a fact-finding mission there and assessed the situation to be hopeless, and decided against participation:http://www.amazon.com/Kopassus-Insid...words=Kopassus