Prologue: The Largest Muslim Nation

Part I Sukarno

1. Indonesia, the Devouring Nurturer

2. Guided Chaos

3. Ego, Voice, Vertigo

4. Mass Murder

Part II Suharto

5. The Smile of Progress

6. The New Majapahit Empire

7. The Sound of Silence

8. The Last Years of Living Securely

9. Behind, Beyond, Beneath the Power Structure

10. Indonesia Burning

Part III Succession

11. Forcing Out Suharto

12. Stroke

13. New Leaders, New Islam

14. Election 1999: Reds, Greens, Blues, Yellows

15. East Timor

16. Anarcho-Democracy

Epilogue: Sukarno's Daughter in the Palace

Chronology

Sources

Notes

Glossary

Index

author photo: Sara Kettler Friend, 2002

Theodore Friend, former President of Swarthmore College, and President Emeritus of Eisenhower Fellowships, is now a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia. He was awarded the Bancroft Prize for his book on Philippine-American history, Between Two Empires. His other books include The Blue-Eyed Enemy and Family Laundry, a novel.