Author: Ricky Firman
Publisher: Ricky Firman
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Brutal Truth About Indonesia: From Irony to Absurdity peels back the layers of Indonesia’s carefully curated image to expose the harsh realities lurking beneath. Written with biting wit and unflinching honesty, this darkly cynical exploration examines the nation’s deep-rooted corruption, abuse of power, and the shameless hypocrisy of its elite and society at large. Ricky Firman, an unapologetic truth-teller, takes readers on a thought-provoking journey through Indonesia’s moral contradictions. From the systemic persecution of minorities—ethnic, religious, and sexual—to the relentless grip of religious fundamentalism and superstition, Ricky dissects the absurdities that define the social and political landscape. He confronts the rampant anti-LGBTQ and anti-Jewish sentiments and challenges the widely held illusion that religion equates to morality. Equal parts exposé and dark comedy, Brutal Truth About Indonesia forces readers to question their assumptions about a nation celebrated for its diversity and hospitality but marred by deeply entrenched prejudices and contradictions. Ricky’s sharp, unfiltered perspective is as unsettling as it is necessary, daring readers to confront the uncomfortable truths behind Indonesia’s façade. This is not a book for the faint of heart—but for those brave enough to face reality, it’s a must-read.
Brutal Truth About Indonesia
Author: Ricky Firman
Publisher: Ricky Firman
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Brutal Truth About Indonesia: From Irony to Absurdity peels back the layers of Indonesia’s carefully curated image to expose the harsh realities lurking beneath. Written with biting wit and unflinching honesty, this darkly cynical exploration examines the nation’s deep-rooted corruption, abuse of power, and the shameless hypocrisy of its elite and society at large. Ricky Firman, an unapologetic truth-teller, takes readers on a thought-provoking journey through Indonesia’s moral contradictions. From the systemic persecution of minorities—ethnic, religious, and sexual—to the relentless grip of religious fundamentalism and superstition, Ricky dissects the absurdities that define the social and political landscape. He confronts the rampant anti-LGBTQ and anti-Jewish sentiments and challenges the widely held illusion that religion equates to morality. Equal parts exposé and dark comedy, Brutal Truth About Indonesia forces readers to question their assumptions about a nation celebrated for its diversity and hospitality but marred by deeply entrenched prejudices and contradictions. Ricky’s sharp, unfiltered perspective is as unsettling as it is necessary, daring readers to confront the uncomfortable truths behind Indonesia’s façade. This is not a book for the faint of heart—but for those brave enough to face reality, it’s a must-read.
Publisher: Ricky Firman
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Brutal Truth About Indonesia: From Irony to Absurdity peels back the layers of Indonesia’s carefully curated image to expose the harsh realities lurking beneath. Written with biting wit and unflinching honesty, this darkly cynical exploration examines the nation’s deep-rooted corruption, abuse of power, and the shameless hypocrisy of its elite and society at large. Ricky Firman, an unapologetic truth-teller, takes readers on a thought-provoking journey through Indonesia’s moral contradictions. From the systemic persecution of minorities—ethnic, religious, and sexual—to the relentless grip of religious fundamentalism and superstition, Ricky dissects the absurdities that define the social and political landscape. He confronts the rampant anti-LGBTQ and anti-Jewish sentiments and challenges the widely held illusion that religion equates to morality. Equal parts exposé and dark comedy, Brutal Truth About Indonesia forces readers to question their assumptions about a nation celebrated for its diversity and hospitality but marred by deeply entrenched prejudices and contradictions. Ricky’s sharp, unfiltered perspective is as unsettling as it is necessary, daring readers to confront the uncomfortable truths behind Indonesia’s façade. This is not a book for the faint of heart—but for those brave enough to face reality, it’s a must-read.
The Maverick Selling Method
Author: Brian Burns
Publisher: Brian Burns
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The Maverick Method is a powerful and unique selling method that provides the complete picture of how complex sales work. The Method has been researched, developed and practiced over a twenty-year period. We have studied and modeled over one hundred of the most successful salespeople. Unlike other selling methods the Maverick Method has been proven by salespeople on the front lines of the most difficult selling environments imaginable. The Mavericks that we have modeled have been able to create new markets, dominate their market segments and marginalize their competitors. What you will learn from the Maverick Selling Method: How a complex sale really works How to control the buying process How to customize your selling process for your unique product How to set and change the rules that will justify the buying decision How to marginalize any competitor How to close the deal in a predictable manner before your competitor even knows they have lost What Mavericks do differently How you can become a Maverick
Publisher: Brian Burns
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The Maverick Method is a powerful and unique selling method that provides the complete picture of how complex sales work. The Method has been researched, developed and practiced over a twenty-year period. We have studied and modeled over one hundred of the most successful salespeople. Unlike other selling methods the Maverick Method has been proven by salespeople on the front lines of the most difficult selling environments imaginable. The Mavericks that we have modeled have been able to create new markets, dominate their market segments and marginalize their competitors. What you will learn from the Maverick Selling Method: How a complex sale really works How to control the buying process How to customize your selling process for your unique product How to set and change the rules that will justify the buying decision How to marginalize any competitor How to close the deal in a predictable manner before your competitor even knows they have lost What Mavericks do differently How you can become a Maverick
Indonesia
Author: Julie Southwood
Publisher: London : Zed Press ; Westport, Conn., U.S.A. : U.S. distributor, L. Hill
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: London : Zed Press ; Westport, Conn., U.S.A. : U.S. distributor, L. Hill
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Bali Raw
Author: Malcolm Scott
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 981435872X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Every year, millions of tourists visit Bali in Indonesia, but what you don’t see in the glossy brochures is the rampant prostitution, the bloody turf wars waged between local gangs and the drug- and alcohol-induced Western hooliganism. Tourists are robbed, raped and murdered and get into vicious fights. In this raw and extraordinary exposé, Scott offers up a Bali choking with violent street fights, cheap sex and aggressive crime.
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 981435872X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Every year, millions of tourists visit Bali in Indonesia, but what you don’t see in the glossy brochures is the rampant prostitution, the bloody turf wars waged between local gangs and the drug- and alcohol-induced Western hooliganism. Tourists are robbed, raped and murdered and get into vicious fights. In this raw and extraordinary exposé, Scott offers up a Bali choking with violent street fights, cheap sex and aggressive crime.
Unmarked Graves
Author: Vannessa Hearman
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824878689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The anti-communist violence that swept across Indonesia in 1965–1966 produced a particularly high death toll in East Java. It also transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of survivors, who faced decades of persecution, imprisonment, and violence. In this book, Vannessa Hearman examines the human cost and community impact of the violence on people from different sides of the political divide. Her major contribution is an examination of the experiences of people on the political Left. Drawing on interviews, archival records, and government and military reports, she traces the lives of a number of individuals, following their efforts to build a base for resistance in the South Blitar area of East Java, and their subsequent journeys into prisons and detention centers, or into hiding and a shadowy underground existence. She also provides a new understanding of relations between the army and its civilian supporters, many of whom belonged to Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama. In recent times, the Indonesian killings have received increased attention, but researchers have struggled to overcome a dearth of available records and the stigma associated with communist party membership. By studying events in a single province and focusing on the experiences of individuals, Hearman has taken a large step toward a better understanding of a fraught period in Indonesia’s recent past.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824878689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The anti-communist violence that swept across Indonesia in 1965–1966 produced a particularly high death toll in East Java. It also transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of survivors, who faced decades of persecution, imprisonment, and violence. In this book, Vannessa Hearman examines the human cost and community impact of the violence on people from different sides of the political divide. Her major contribution is an examination of the experiences of people on the political Left. Drawing on interviews, archival records, and government and military reports, she traces the lives of a number of individuals, following their efforts to build a base for resistance in the South Blitar area of East Java, and their subsequent journeys into prisons and detention centers, or into hiding and a shadowy underground existence. She also provides a new understanding of relations between the army and its civilian supporters, many of whom belonged to Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama. In recent times, the Indonesian killings have received increased attention, but researchers have struggled to overcome a dearth of available records and the stigma associated with communist party membership. By studying events in a single province and focusing on the experiences of individuals, Hearman has taken a large step toward a better understanding of a fraught period in Indonesia’s recent past.
Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia, 1961–1965
Author: Matthew Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139430470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
In the early 1960s, Britain and the United States were still trying to come to terms with the powerful forces of indigenous nationalism unleashed by the Second World War. The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation - a crisis which was, as Macmillan remarked to Kennedy, 'as dangerous a situation in Southeast Asia as we have seen since the war' - was a complex test of Anglo-American relations. As American commitment to Vietnam accelerated under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Britain was involving herself in an 'end-of-empire' exercise in state-building which had important military and political implications for both nations. In this book Matthew Jones provides a detailed insight into the origins, outbreak and development of this important episode in international history; using a large range of previously unavailable archival sources, he illuminates the formation of the Malaysian federation, Indonesia's violent opposition to the state and the Western Powers' attempts to deal with the resulting conflict.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139430470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
In the early 1960s, Britain and the United States were still trying to come to terms with the powerful forces of indigenous nationalism unleashed by the Second World War. The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation - a crisis which was, as Macmillan remarked to Kennedy, 'as dangerous a situation in Southeast Asia as we have seen since the war' - was a complex test of Anglo-American relations. As American commitment to Vietnam accelerated under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Britain was involving herself in an 'end-of-empire' exercise in state-building which had important military and political implications for both nations. In this book Matthew Jones provides a detailed insight into the origins, outbreak and development of this important episode in international history; using a large range of previously unavailable archival sources, he illuminates the formation of the Malaysian federation, Indonesia's violent opposition to the state and the Western Powers' attempts to deal with the resulting conflict.
Indonesian Fighting Fundamentals
Author: Bob Orlando
Publisher: Paladin Press
ISBN: 9780873648929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fighting arts of Indonesia, a mix of pentjak silat and Chinese kuntao, were never meant for sport: they are brutal, unrelenting and designed to take the enemy out and punish him every step of the way. This unprecedented book by a long-time student of Dutch-Indonesian Master Willem de Thouars shows you why.
Publisher: Paladin Press
ISBN: 9780873648929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fighting arts of Indonesia, a mix of pentjak silat and Chinese kuntao, were never meant for sport: they are brutal, unrelenting and designed to take the enemy out and punish him every step of the way. This unprecedented book by a long-time student of Dutch-Indonesian Master Willem de Thouars shows you why.
Indonesia-Malaysia Relations
Author: Marshall Clark
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317808878
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Drawing on social media, cinema, cultural heritage and public opinion polls, this book examines Indonesia and Malaysia from a comparative postcolonial perspective. The Indonesia–Malaysia relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in Southeast Asia, especially because Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and third largest democracy, is the most populous and powerful nation in the region. Both states are committed to the relationship, especially at the highest levels of government, and much has been made of their ‘sibling’ identity. The relationship is built on years of interaction at all levels of state and society, and both countries draw on their common culture, religion and language in managing political tensions. In recent years, however, several issues have seriously strained the once cordial bilateral relationship. Among these are a strong public reaction to maritime boundary disputes, claims over each country’s cultural forms, the treatment of Indonesian workers in Malaysia, and trans-border issues such as Indonesian forest fire haze. Comparing the two nations’ engagement with cultural heritage, religion, gender, ethnicity, citizenship, democracy and regionalism, this book highlights the social and historical roots of the tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as the enduring sense of kinship.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317808878
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Drawing on social media, cinema, cultural heritage and public opinion polls, this book examines Indonesia and Malaysia from a comparative postcolonial perspective. The Indonesia–Malaysia relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in Southeast Asia, especially because Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and third largest democracy, is the most populous and powerful nation in the region. Both states are committed to the relationship, especially at the highest levels of government, and much has been made of their ‘sibling’ identity. The relationship is built on years of interaction at all levels of state and society, and both countries draw on their common culture, religion and language in managing political tensions. In recent years, however, several issues have seriously strained the once cordial bilateral relationship. Among these are a strong public reaction to maritime boundary disputes, claims over each country’s cultural forms, the treatment of Indonesian workers in Malaysia, and trans-border issues such as Indonesian forest fire haze. Comparing the two nations’ engagement with cultural heritage, religion, gender, ethnicity, citizenship, democracy and regionalism, this book highlights the social and historical roots of the tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as the enduring sense of kinship.
Indonesia
Author: Howard W. Beers
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813185793
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
The need to find solutions to the grave economic and political problems faced by Indonesia presents a constant challenge. In this volume, scholars in a variety of fields study a broad spectrum of the problems of this new nation. Their overall focus centers on Indonesia's land and population with emphasis on the most efficient means of developing physical and human resources.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813185793
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
The need to find solutions to the grave economic and political problems faced by Indonesia presents a constant challenge. In this volume, scholars in a variety of fields study a broad spectrum of the problems of this new nation. Their overall focus centers on Indonesia's land and population with emphasis on the most efficient means of developing physical and human resources.
Roots of Violence in Indonesia
Author: Freek Colombijn
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004489568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Jakarta, Sambas, Poso, the Moluccas, West Papua. These simple, geographical names have recently obtained strong associations with mass killing, just as Aceh and East Timor, where large-scale violence has flared up again. Lethal incidents between adjacent villages, or between a petty criminal and the crowd, take place throughout Indonesia. Indonesia is a violent country. Many Indonesia-watchers, both scholars and journalists, explain the violence in terms of the loss of the monopoly on the means of violence by the state since the beginning of the Reformasi in 1998. Others point at the omnipresent remnants of the New Order state (1966-1998), former President Suharto's clan or the army in particular, as the evil genius behind the present bloodshed. The authors in this volume try to explain violence in Indonesia by looking at it in historical perspective.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004489568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Jakarta, Sambas, Poso, the Moluccas, West Papua. These simple, geographical names have recently obtained strong associations with mass killing, just as Aceh and East Timor, where large-scale violence has flared up again. Lethal incidents between adjacent villages, or between a petty criminal and the crowd, take place throughout Indonesia. Indonesia is a violent country. Many Indonesia-watchers, both scholars and journalists, explain the violence in terms of the loss of the monopoly on the means of violence by the state since the beginning of the Reformasi in 1998. Others point at the omnipresent remnants of the New Order state (1966-1998), former President Suharto's clan or the army in particular, as the evil genius behind the present bloodshed. The authors in this volume try to explain violence in Indonesia by looking at it in historical perspective.