From the Book - First edition.
Point of departure : the archipelago
From hobbits to Hinduism : prehistory to Indianisation
Empires of imagination : Hindu-Buddhist Java
Saints and winners : the arrival of Islam
Spice invaders : the Europeans arrive
The clash of civilisations : from company to empire
Rust en orde : the Dutch East Indies
Brave new world : the rise of nationalism
Freedom or death : war and revolution
Years of living dangerously : the Sukarno era
A new order : Suharto, crisis, reform
Epilogue : Indonesia, rising.
