An updated edition of Adrian Vickers's classic history examines the rise of fundamentalist Islam in Indonesia and asks why the country's democratic aspirations have yet to be realized.[...]
Since the Bali bombings of 2002 and the rise of political Islam, Indonesia has frequently occupied media headlines. Nevertheless, the history of the fourth largest country on earth remains relatively unknown. Adrian Vickers' book, first published in 2005, traces the history of an island country, com[...]