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Perang Kemerdekaan Indonesia.

Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David van Reybrouck

February 9, 2025 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

After making Majaphait one of the last reads of last years Cannonball Read, I decided to keep with my South East Asian history roll with Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David van Reybrouck. As you can see, I’m also continuing with my long standard interest in Australia’s immediate northern neighbor. It just boggles the mind that such a large, diverse country has such a small impact on the public consciousness. I think a lot of this has to do with […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, colonialism, David van Reybrouck, everyone is bastards, Indonesia, post-colonialism, revolution, South East Asia

LittlePlat's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, colonialism, David van Reybrouck, everyone is bastards, Indonesia, post-colonialism, revolution, South East Asia ·
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The Hindu-Buddhist Empire You’ve Never Heard Of.

Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire by Herald van der Linde

December 23, 2024 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

I mentioned this one in the best and worst books round up at the end of the year so now I feel obliged to post a review before we actually hit the end of the year. While it’s often said that history is written by the victors, I think  reality is a little more complex than that. A great empire celebrated in one era may fade into obscurity in the next. Geopolitical shifts can suppress the stories of past triumphs, and without visible monuments or […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #history, empires, fall of an empire, Herald van der Linde, Indonesia, Majapahit, South East Asia

LittlePlat's CBR16 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #history, empires, fall of an empire, Herald van der Linde, Indonesia, Majapahit, South East Asia ·
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I Do Wonder if the Title Blood and Money Might Have Been More Appropriate?

Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia by Michael Vatikiotis

October 11, 2020 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

  I think I have mentioned previously that as an Australian, I believe that our country should make more of an effort to reach out to and engage with our closest neighbours, rather than waiting for them to engage with us, on our terms. Part of this then is making more of an effort to pay attention to and understand the politics of the region. Now, I have to confess here, while I have made the choice to sniff out more works describing the politics […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, cbr12bingo, Michael Vatikiotis, Money, South East Asia

LittlePlat's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, cbr12bingo, Michael Vatikiotis, Money, South East Asia ·
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