Author: BOUMAN, B.,
Title: Van Driekleur tot Rood-Wit. De Indonesische Officieren uit het KNIL, 1900-1950. Orig. edn.
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Sectie Militaire Geschiedenis, 1995. Orig. limp glossy wrappers, illustration on front side. (xiii), 474pp. Text-ills., incl. portraits, after photographs, tables in text, footnotes, 'bijlagen', incl. a who's who (indonesian officers), list of sources and literature consulted, summaries in Indonesian and English, C.V. of author, list of abbreviations used, registers, table of contents. [Sectie Militaire Geschiedenis, III, nr. 23]. This study primarily concerns the Indonesian officers of the pre- World War II Royal Netherlands Indies Army, KNIL,In addition to focusing attention on their recruitment and training, it discusses the opinions of the authorities in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indiesconcerning the institution of indigenous officers. Next, the transition of many of the officers to the forces of the Indonesian Republic after 1945 is discussed, as well as the role of the officers who remained loyal to the KNIL, until it was disbanded in 1950. Good copy. (ex-libris of previous owner pasted inside front wrapper, with his meticulous underlinings throughout).

Keywords: militaria history army history indigenous officers chinese indonesians training war colonialism indonesia southeast asia