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Legitimizing Military Rule: Indonesian Armed Forces Ideology, 1958-2000.

Publication: Contemporary Southeast Asia
Publication Date: 01-DEC-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Legitimizing Military Rule: Indonesian Armed Forces Ideology, 1958-2000.(Soeharto's Armed Forces: Problems of Civil Military Relations in Indonesia)(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Legitimizing Military Rule: Indonesian Armed Forces Ideology, 1958-2000. By Salim Said (translated by Toenggoel P. Siagian). Jakarta: Pustaka Sinar Harapan, in cooperation with Southeast Asia Research Centre, Hong Kong, and Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, 2006. Hardcover: 312pp.

Soeharto's Armed Forces: Problems of Civil Military Relations in Indonesia. By Salim Said (essays originally in Indonesian translated by Toenggoel P. Siagian.) Jakarta: Pustaka Sinar Harapan, 2006. Hardcover: 298pp.

Nearly ten years after President Soeharto's resignation, the legacies of military rule continue to haunt Indonesia. This is in part a reflection of how deeply the military penetrated almost all spheres of Indonesian society, but in part too a product of how poorly many civilians understand the institution over which they now seek to exercise supremacy. For this reason, the English translations of these two volumes by Salim...



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