Kerry B Collison

A biographical account of extraordinary events in the career of Leo W. Stach, an expatriate geologist, during war and peace in the Western Pacific region, based on official documents as well as personal written records, together with his recollections, as narrated to the author, Kerry B. Collison, during a series of recorded interviews from December 1996 to June 1997.

Indonesia post-Soeharto: the new military government hits overdrive with ambitious plans to construct state-of-the-art nuclear power stations in Java and Bali. But will it stop there or will Indonesia&apos;s burgeoning nuclear potential expose the unstable region to a terrifying arms race?<br /> <br />How will the powerful Lim family gain from the installation of the nuclear reactors, and what is the mysterious Bartlett&apos;s treacherous game? When events spin out of control, only...

Tense, intelligent and gripping, <i>Merdeka Square</i> presents a rich portrayal of the terrifying crisis which brought General Suharto to power, and the deadly aftermath which claimed more than one million lives throughout the Indonesian Archipelago.<br /> <br />Was &apos;the coup&apos; the work of communists, President Sukarno&apos;s own sympathisers, the US backed Council of Generals, or simply a master-stroke by the ambitions General Suharto?<br /> <br...

In the aftermath of Indonesia&apos;s economic collapse, Chinese women are targeted by the President&apos;s son-in-law&apos;s reckless and brutal Special Forces.<br /> <br />In an evolving Islamic climate, anti-Chinese sentiment drives the country to the brink of collapse as international interest is heightened by factual, photojournalist accounts, of true stories of survival.

Based on events surrounding the infamous, billion-dollar BRE-X gold fraud, and the determined few who recklessly destroyed so many lives with their all-consuming quest for gold, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.<br /> <br />When Canadian miner Borneo Gold Corporation announces the discovery of gold reserves in excess of twenty million ounces, pundits drive the worthless stock to giddying heights as the rich and powerful in three countries move to secure control over the deposit....

At a time when Australians are wavering in support of a proposed US-led invasion of Iraq, more than six hundred US Marines rotating on R &amp; R in Bali suddenly disappear; then, Kuta erupts in a fireball and Australia falls into line with America&apos;s demand to become part of the &apos;Coalition of the Willing&apos;.<br /> <br />Based on indisputable fact, a step by step account of the Bali bombers, the rise of extremist Islamic militancy across Asia and what the future might...

In 1962, and one month following the disappearance of Michael C. Rockefeller off the southern coast of what was then known as Dutch Western New Guinea, Indonesia invaded and annexed the territory and commenced the systematic slaughter of indigenous Papuans, to pave the way for a massive wave of transmigrated Javanese.<br /> <br />With the meteoric rise of the new powerhouses, China and India, Indonesian-occupied West Papua&apos;s wealth of oil, gas and minerals precipitates an...

Indonesia – Intrik Perebutan Takhta Istana, 1965-1967<br /> <br />&quot;Bagaimana kalau kita memanfaatkan tanggal Lima Oktober?&quot; Saran Yani, ketika Dewan Jenderal mengadakan rapat untuk melakukan perlawanan terhadap Komunis pada 5 Oktober.<br /> <br />&quot;…kita harus melangsungkan gerakan sebelum 5 Oktoberodan menangkap (anggota) Dewan itu pada hari Kermerdekan Cina,&quot; kata Soebandrio, ketika mereka (Aidit, Soebandrio dan Omar Dhanai) membahas...

Canberra bomb toll &apos;horrific&apos; – Amongst those believed killed were the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, the Indonesian Chief of Army Staff, the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs and… <br /> <br />Tension between Australia and Indonesia, the world&apos;s largest Moslem nation, brings the two countries to the brink of war. East Timor&apos;s sovereignty and rich oil fields shared by the two neighbouring countries become key elements in one man&apos;s ambitions....