This is yet another book I’ve discovered via listening to ABC’s Conversations. The subtitle of Bomb Season in Jakarta is A personal account of a turbulent period in Australian diplomacy, and Grant Dooley is not kidding when he writes this. Back in 2004, Dooley and his family had moved to Indonesia to start a three year stint working at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. This was a few years after the 1999 East Timorese crisis and only two years after the 2002 Bali Bombings, Indonesia’s […]
The Word ‘Turbulent’ Is Bearing a Lot of Weight Here
Bomb Season in Jakarta: A personal account of a turbulent period in Australian diplomacy by Grant Dooley
