Abdurrahman Wahid: Muslim Democrat, Indonesian President

by Greg Barton

Book Overview

In humiliating circumstances, Indonesia's first democratically elected president, Abdurrahman Wahid, was forced from office in July 2001 after less than two years in the job. Wahid, almost blind and still recovering from a near-fatal stroke, was widely misunderstood in the West, even being seen as a somewhat comical figure.

But in Indonesia the Muslim scholar affectionately known as Gus Dur to millions of people had long been revered by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824826221
• ISBN13: 9780824826222
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"