Indonesia and small wars in Southeast Asia-Post WWII?

[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

[flagg]

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.

Good read.......since there's little in the western publishing world from the Indonesian perspective.

I had no idea Indonesia had a few pers in Vietnam and a bunch in Cambodia for a bit until I read the book.....

And confirmed in person earlier this year having the chance to meet a bunch of Cambodian Army 911 SF Brigade members, a unit with quite close ties to Indonesian Kopassus to this day.

Indonesia has been a sponsor for training Cambodian Army since the late 60's I believe...and to this day have quite close ties.

3 who I met wore Indonesian Kopassus berets/badges as daily uniform wear having completed their training in Indonesia.

Conboy also has a book on Indonesian Intelligence that I have on Kindle..........

BUT have yet to crack open yet due to a huge pile of Afgan related material more relevant for me at the moment.

Voices From a Border War is also pretty good and recently published book from the NZ/Commonwealth side of the house:http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Border-.../dp/0646225030