Finally, some solid ground in this subject! This book pulls together a wide range of work done in this area in the past, and establishes a strong conceptual foundation (both of which are essential if this field is to become better established). Overall the difficult balance between historical synthesis, theoretical foundations, mathematical detail, and discussion on future directions is achieved very very well (nice color snaps too!). The definitive work in the field - highly recommended.

an excellent publication - well done. The historical section is particularly interesting. Colour photos of images are clear and well presented. Of great interest to me are the proposals for the next generation of volumetric display. The text covers a considerable range of subject matter - this will take some perusal!

This book was written before Suharto was forced to step down as president in 1998. It predicted that an economic crisis would create an even greater income gap and dissatisfaction among the poorer native indonesians and the minority and richer Indonesians (the Chinese Indos)....and unfortunately , its predictions came true. Suharto was forced to step down and many Indo Chinese were slained for no sane reasons. I read this book during my summer holidays in 1997 out of interest in knowing the financial, social and political structures of my neighboring countries better......if u want to understand indonesia better, this is the book to read.

I started reading A Nation in Waiting while in Jakarta about the week before the Trisakti students were shot by special forces units. As a read the book then the newspapers, it became difficult to tell the difference. The similarities to the Suharto coup in '64 to what Prabowo was trying were incredible. If only more people read this incredible book before last year's bloody catharsis, I'm confident the event would not of been as violent, unpredicted and uncontrolled as it was. The personal insights into Habibi's relationship with Suharto (back to when Habibi was 14), bode well into understanding Habibi's government now and to come. Essential reading on Indonesia

An excellent explanation of Indonesian politics. I lived in Indonesia for 4 years. Indonesian politics are like the shadow puppets--the real actors are behind the curtain. This book explains the relationship of the various factions which Suharto has managed to hold together and the major issues Indonesia must face. A good resource for anyone trying to understand the current crisis.

As I know, this paperback is the first publication about Post Soeharto period which written by foreign (non-Indonesian) authors.

Probably because of I am not a politician, I'd never heard about all authors. But my hunch tell that mostly come from Murdoch University - Western Australia, which have several specialist researches about Indonesia instead of have some well-known Indonesian experts there. So the authors could ask something, consult or gather feedbacks, opinions, and advices from them directly.

So this book is good enough to learn how Indonesia could be look from overseas