Review of Indonesia

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Review of Indonesia was an English-language monthly magazine published by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). The magazine existed between 1954 and 1960. It was initially known as Monthly Review. [1] It was launched in mid-1954. [2] Monthly Review was mimeographed, but once it was relaunched as Review of Indonesia in January 1957 it was printed and illustrated. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hindley, Donald. The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1963 . Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. pp. xvi, 83, 92
  2. Sutley, Stewart K. New State Formation: Indonesia and the Politics of the Exception . Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alberta, 1996. p. 154