Author: DAHM, B.,
Title: Soekarno en de strijd om Indonesië's onafhankelijkheid. [First dutch language edition translated after the original german language dissertation by T. Surie-Zethoven].
Description: Meppel, Boom, [..], 1964. Stout 8°. Original bui-coloured limp wrappers. kCovertitle in bold capital monochrome and white type. Lower outer cover with synopsis and biogr. note, incl. a monochrome portrait, of author. 399pp. captioned monochrome illustrations on 8 photo-plates, including portraits of Sukarno, his fellow politicians and his dutch counterparts, some youth pictures of Sukarno, some facsims. after archivalia. Index, bibliography and other sources consulted, table of contents. [Boom Paperbacks, 1]. Dutch language, trade-edition after the original dissertation in german language, Kiel University, edition which can be considered as the first ever published invesigation into Sukarno's political thinking in support of Indonesian nationalism in his later youth, under the japanese opperession and after the japanese surrender and his achievements in the establishment of the Sovereign Indonesian State. Still of great historic interest. Paparback edition (as orig. publ.). Very good copy.

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