Decolonization and national development: A case study of Indonesia

The purpose of this academic endeavor is to study further, analyze, and develop theories about post-World War II decolonization and national independence movements associated with developing countries. This phenomenon of postwar national identity and independence struggles is unprecedented in history and has led to direct East-West and North-South conflict and confrontation.;From where did this explosion of new nation state development originate? What were the underlying causes and factors that contributed to the rise in national identities and ultimately to decolonization? Is there a substantial difference of meaning in the terms decolonization, nationalism, revolution, independence, and modernization? Where does this new world geography leave Western society and the United States? Must these new nations and societies experience anti-Western sentiment while traveling along national roads?...