*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024* *Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize*
A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that changed the course of the 20th century.
''Astounding . . . history at its best'' Yuval Noah Harari
''Utterly compelling . . . astonishing''Financial Times
''Superb'' Guardian
On a sunny morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and announced the birth of a new nation: Indonesia. For three and a half centuries, its people had been subject to Dutch colonial rule. It would take another four years of guerrilla warfare and resistance - the -Revolusi- - to finally win their freedom, blazing a trail that would reshape the world.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eye-witness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck-s superbly woven narrative is alive with human detail at
