Abstract
Among the few personal possessions of the former President Sukarno recovered by his son after he died in Jakarta on 21 June 1970 was a bottle of his cologne, Shalimar de Guerlain. A broken man, Sukarno had been under house arrest since formally relinquishing power in February 1967 to the military, led by General Soeharto, which had orchestrated his demise in 1965. 'Demise' - the word seems almost a euphemism for what had occurred in late 1965 and the first half of 1966: the countrywide purge of communists, real and alleged, and their associates that saw the violent death of at least half a million people. Around one hundred thousand people were killed on Bali alone.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Object Stories: Artifacts and Archaeologists |
| Editors | Steve Brown, Anne Clarke, Ursula Frederick |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Left Coast Press |
| Pages | 57-64 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781611327397 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781611323832 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Soekarno, 1901-1970
- Shalimar (perfume)