"Prepared under the auspices of the Asian Literature Program of the Asia Society, New York."
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Part one. Central themes -- I. The common struggle -- a. The promise of a brightly beckoning future (1930) / Sukarno -- b. Colonial society and the ideals of social democracy (1956) / Mohammad Hatta -- c. The Pantja Sila (1945) / Sukarno -- d. Preamble to the 1945 constitution -- e. Political Manifesto of November 1945 -- f. Welcoming the social revolution (1946) / Masjumi of North Sumatra -- g. The nation and the regions in the People's War (1949) / T.B. Simatupang -- h. The work of a leader (1951) / Sukarno -- II. Parliamentary democracy and its critics -- a. Widening the meaning of heroism (1951) / Staff of the Armed Forces -- b. A new generation (1952) / Nugroho Notosusanto -- c. Lassitude and the display of false glitter (1951) / Mohammad Natsir -- d. The crisis of authority (1952) / Sukarno -- e. Electioneering and national unity (1954) / Sukarno -- f. Let us bury the parties (1956) / Sukarno -- g. Saving the republic of the proclamation (1957) / Sukarno -- h. Restoring confidence in democracy (1956) / Mohammad Natsir -- i. A revolution should not last too long (1956) / Mohammad Hatta -- III. Guided democracy and its critics -- a. Returning to the rails of the revolution (1959) / Sukarno -- b. The Political Manifesto as a general program of the revolution (1959) / Supreme Advisory Council -- c. The dynamism of revolution (1960) / Sukarno -- d. A nation that people respect and admire (1962) / Sukarno -- e. The revolution goes on (1965) / Sukarno -- f. The positive aspects of guided democracy (1960) / Sakirman -- g. Guided democracy and our cultural traditions (1961) / Selosoemardjan -- h. Neither quixotism nor surrender (1961) / Rosihan Anwar -- i. The church and the Indonesian revolution (1962) / Kalimantan Evangelical Church -- j. A dictatorship supported by certain groups (1960) / Mohammad Hatta -- k. The failings of Sukarno (1959) / Sumitro Djojohadikusumo -- l. Ending three deviations (1966) / Suharto.
IX. National identity -- a. Take the core of foreign culture and throw away the peel (1952) / Mohammad Hatta -- b. Sunan Bonang and Sunan Kalidjogo (1964) / Sjamsudin Kartokusumo -- c. The courage to try new ways (1954) / Soedjatmoko -- d. Narrowing the cultureal gap (1961) / Selosoemardjan -- e. Let us not crawl back into our shells (1960) / Moehamad Slamet -- f. Fight cultural imperialism (1964) / Utami Suryadarma -- g. Which ideology is native? (1962) / D.N. Aidit -- h. Honesty, that is what we need (1960) / Mohamad Said -- X. National unity and the ethnic and regional groups -- a. Unitarism versus federalism is not the issue (1950) / Mohamad Said -- b. The grievances of the regions (1957) / S. Takdir Alisjahbana -- c. There is something else behind this problem of the regions (1958) / Sukarno -- d. Nation building and education (1959) / Prijono -- e. Down with the new madjapahitism! (1960) / Kahar Muzakar -- f. Recognizing the ethnic factor (1960) / M.H. Lukman -- XI. National unity and the Chinese minority -- a. On hatred of foreigners and internal minorities (1945) / Sjahrir -- b. The Chinese grip on our economy (1956) / Assaat -- c. The case for assimilation (1960) / Onghokham -- d. For nation building through integration (1963) / Baperki -- e. In defense of foreign traders (1965) / Harian Rakjat -- XII. National unity and the communist -- a. Nationalism, Islam and Marxism (1926) / Sukarno -- b. The Madiun Affair (1948) / Sukarno -- c. All groups must unite to face the common enemy (1949) / Sudirman -- d. Oil and water do not mix (1957) / Muhammad Hatta -- e. The unity of all revolutionary forces (1964) / Sukarno -- f. Nasakom or Nasasos? (1963) / Sajuti Melik -- g. You have stabbed us in the back again (1965) / Soerasto Sastrosoewignjo -- XIII. The economic order -- a. The principle of the family relationship (1955) / Wilopo -- b. Raising per capita income (1955) / Widjojo Nitisastro -- c. The causes of our failing production (1953) / Sjafruddin Prawiranegara -- d. On equivocating about economic advancement / Soedjatmoko -- e. The economics of a nation in revolution (1963) / Sukarno -- f. Inflation, the drifting kite (1963) / Mohammad Sadli -- g. Mismanagement, corruption, and the bureaucratic capitalists (1964) / D.N. Aidit -- h. Youth and village development (1963) / Ina E. Slamet -- XIV. The place of the army -- a. The army and the guerrilla forces (1948) / Tan Malaka -- b. Unity of command (1955) / A.H. Nasution -- c. Militarism and civilianism (1955) / Zulkifi Lubis -- d. The army amid upheaval and conflict (1957) / T.B. Simatupang -- e. The army as a functional group (1962) / A.H. Nasution -- f. The army in regional development (1962) / Suharjo -- g. The armed forces as an instrument of revolution (1961) / Sukarno -- XV. Indonesia in the world -- a. Unity of our country and our people (1945) / Muhammad Yamin -- b. Let us not encourage the spirit of expansion (1945) / Mohammad Hatta -- c. The American orbit (1945) / Sjahrir -- d. Fighting diplomacy (1945) / Tan Malaka -- e. An independent active foreign policy (1953) / Mohammad Hatta -- f. Let a new Asia and Africa be born (1955) / Sukarno -- g. Revolutionary diplomacy (1962) / Subandrio -- h. The doctrine of revolutionary war (1965) / Achmad Yani -- I. Storming the last bulwarks of Imperialism (1965) / Sukarno -- Appendixes.
Part Two. Streams of thought -- IV. Radical nationalism -- a. Marhaen, a symbol of the power of the Indonesian people (1957) / Sukarno -- b. The aims of the party (1952) / PNI -- c. The national state and the ideals of Islam (1953) / Sukarno -- d. Our nationalism is based on democracy and social justice (1957) / Roeslan Abdulgani -- e. Marhaenism as the science of our struggle (1963) / Sajuti Melik -- V. Javanese traditionalism -- a. A happy kingdom / Ki Reditanaja -- b. The time of trouble / The Old Javanese Nitisastra -- c. The right of the wise (1920) / R.M.S. Soeriokoesoemo -- d. An integralistic state (1945) / Supomo -- e. The Abangan case against Islamic state / Atmodarminto -- f. The spirit a leader must have (1959) / Sawarno Djaksonagoro -- g. The village as a model (1959) / Sawarno Djaksonagoro -- VI. Islam -- a. God's law and its interpretation (1954) / Nahdatul Ulama -- b. Manifesto of the Atjeh rebels (1953) -- c. The aims of the Masjumi (1956) / Mohammad Natsir -- d. The dangers of secularism (1957) / Mohammad Natsir -- e. Islamic tolerance (1954) / Mohammad Natsir -- f. Islam and democracy (1946) / R.A.A. Wiranata Koesoema -- VII. Democratic socialism -- a. Our nationalism and its substance (1946) / "S" -- b. Nationalism and internationalism (1953) / Sjahrir -- c. Heirs of the culture of the whole world (1950) / Gelanggang -- d. The need for creative adaptation (1954) / Soedjatmoko -- e. Toward a strategy of modernization (1963) / Soedjatmoko -- VIII. Communism -- a. A semifeudal and semicolonial society (1957) / D.N. Aidit -- b. Indonesia's class structure (1957) / D.N. Aidit -- c. The three political forces (1959) / D.N. Aidit -- d. The struggle of the peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (1963) / D.N. Aidit -- e. A PKI self-criticism (1966) -- Part Three. Areas of controversy.