The colonial state : violence and modernity, resistance and repression, 1900-1941 -- The Japanese occupation : hope, exploitation and mobilisation, 1942-1945 -- The proclamation, May-September 1945 -- Local revolutions : Bersiap and Daulat, October 1945 to mid-1946 -- The Dutch reoccupation and decolonisation, 1945-1946 -- The Persatuan Perdjuangan, October 1945 to May 1946 -- The army, June-July 1946 -- Diplomacy and warfare, August 1946 to January 1948 -- Federalism, 1947-1948 -- Civil war, February-November 1948 -- The second attack on the Republic, October 1948 to January 1949 -- Violence, diplomacy and independence, 1949 -- Unity, 1950. Includes bibliographical references and index. In English translated from the original Dutch.