A Potted
p. 95 · Read in the full issue
Indonesia
“It is unwise to expect any clearcut, definite events in Indo nesia. Mysterious happenings are part of a constantly shifting, subtle pattern of compromise which is so typical of that country and which is bound to be characteristic of its politics into the indefinite future.”
So warns Australian journalist Colin Mason, a former ABC correspondent in South-East Asia, in a valuable new paper back, Sukarno’s Indonesia (Hor witz, 75c).
Mason has produced a most readable and useful quick-look at the main features of Indonesian history and of Sukarno the man.
He includes a handy biblio graphy, Keep this one by you.