1. "The Sultan came to me and asked about that family tree"
2. "The cork on which the Netherlands floats"
3. "They regard Holland as a very weak power"
4. "An invisible motivating force"
5. "What kind of Islam is this?"
6. "Soeharto is a closed book"
7. "I was suited to the disciplined life of the military"
8. A reassuringly familiar world
9. A policeman for the Japanese
10. An armed force conjured out of nothing
11. "The whole island was ablaze with enthusiasm"
12. "Don't make them too strong!"
13. "Soeharto was a cautious man"
14. "Why did they choose Soeharto?"