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David Reeve

Young Soeharto: The making of a soldier, 1921–1945 by David Jenkins

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April 2022, no. 441
David Reeve reviews 'Young Soeharto: The making of a soldier, 1921–1945' by David Jenkins

At last we have it – the much-anticipated first volume of the definitive biography of President Soeharto (1921–2008). It is the culminating work in the distinguished career of Australian journalist David Jenkins. This startling volume, covering the years 1921–45, will appeal to the general reader and the Indonesia specialist. It has been described as ‘truly extraordinary’ by the late Benedict Anderson, the prominent Indonesia scholar.

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