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  • From Jail to Jail

    by Tan Malaka ...
    Translated by Helen Jarvis ...
    Series series Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series
    From Jail to Jail  is the political autobiography of Sutan Ibrahim gelar Tan Malaka, an enigmatic and colorful political thinker of twentieth-century Asia, who was one of the most influential figures of the Indonesian Revolution. Variously labeled a communist, Trotskyite, and nationalist, Tan Malaka managed to run afoul of nearly every political group and faction involved in the Indonesian ... Read more

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  • From Jail to Jail

    by Tan Malaka ...
    Translated by Helen Jarvis ...
    Series Book 83 - Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series
    From Jail to Jail  is the political autobiography of Sutan Ibrahim gelar Tan Malaka, an enigmatic and colorful political thinker of twentieth-century Asia, who was one of the most influential figures of the Indonesian Revolution. Variously labeled a communist, Trotskyite, and nationalist, Tan Malaka managed to run afoul of nearly every political group and faction involved in the Indonesian ... Read more

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