Summary :
This book, with a new introduction by the author, is the story of the dramatic events that brought about the downfall of Indonesia's then national hero-Sukarno. In the early morning of October 1, 1965, six high- ranking generals of the Indonesian army were murdered under grisly circumstances. This act was to set in motion a chain of events that broke the Indonesian Communist Party amidst the slaughter of hundreds of thousands, and ultimately led to Sukarno's eclipse. JOHN HUGHES as the first American correspondent into Djakartar the murders, and one of the few Western cornndents to eye-witness the drama that unfolded in ensuing months. For his dispatches, Hughes was awarded The Pulitzer Prize. His book has become a classic historical record of those times.

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