Reid, Anthony2018-01-090815-7251http://hdl.handle.net/1885/139112For the PKI leaders in the 1950s, the failure of the Indonesian revolution was partly attributable to the failure of the communist party itself, In the period prior to the adoption of the Jalan Ba:t'U policy of August 1948, the party had trusted too much in the Indonesian national bourgeoisie and too little in the international forces of socialism; it had lost its freedom of organization and failed to stress sufficiently its work among peasants and its activity among soldiers and workers in the Dutch-occupied zone. (1) This judgement might appear posthumously to justify Tan Malaka's policies, and to sustain the view that a more radical PKI line might have succeeded in resolving Java's rural problems along lines analogous to China or Vietnam.12 pagesapplication/pdfapplication/pdf© Association for the Publication of Indonesian and Malaysian Studies, Inc. Email from latest contact for RIMA organisation- Association for the Publication of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs Inc. advising can archive published version of article as also author during Anthony Reid's period no recollection of signing copyright away. 12/6/2018Open AccessPKI leaders1950sIndone­sian revolutioncommu­nist partyJalan Baru policyAugust 1948bourgeoisiesocialismMarxist attitudes1974