{"product_id":"9781847927057","title":"Revolusi : Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Noah Harari\n\u003cbr\u003e'Utterly compelling . . . astonishing' Financial Times\n\u003cbr\u003e'Superb' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and on behalf of 68 million compatriots announced the birth of a new nation: Indonesia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFour million civilians had died during the Japanese wartime occupation that ousted its Dutch colonial regime. Another 200,000 people would lose their lives in the astonishingly brutal conflict that ensued - as the Dutch used savage violence to reassert their control, and as Britain and America became embroiled in pacifying Indonesia's guerrilla war of resistance: the 'Revolusi'. It was not until December 1949 that the newly created United Nations finally brought the conflict to an end - and with it, 350 years of colonial rule - setting a precedent that would reshape the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on hundreds of interviews and eye-witness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative that is alive with human detail at every turn. A landmark publication, Revolusi shows Indonesia's struggle for independence to be one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A magnificent fusion of oral history, sparkling analysis, and historical wisdom. Revolusi has it all: a masterpiece' Sebastain Mallaby\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A magisterial and gripping account of events of urgent importance to us now' Jason Burke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A wonderful book' Peter Frankopan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Masterly' J M Coetzee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e** Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize ** A Financial Times, Evening Standard, History Today and Prospect Best Book of 2024 **\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bodley Head Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52905094709557,"sku":"EB_HI0900_J09-04_AD","price":102.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781847927057-1.jpg?v=1789409126","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9781847927057","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}