Masa Bergolak (Turbulent Time)
Description
Author: M.A. Salmoen
Published: Balai Pustaka
Year Published: 1968
Category: Fiction
The Turbulent Time (Masa Bergolak) period tells the story of Mulyadi, a young man who joins the army and holds the rank of sergeant major. Mulyadi, like other youths, joined the armed struggle against the Dutch military aggression. This novel tells about the battles in several cities such as Bandung, Bogor and Rajamandala, West Bandung. M.A. Salmoen in this novel has a dark side that is not widely known by Indonesians today. Like the emergence of many armed groups of fighters who claim to be the ranks of freedom fighters, using their power to extort and rob the people in the name of the struggle for Indonesian independence. As a result, people's sympathy for the soldiers who fought for independence was reduced, because they thought that all soldiers were like that. Mulyadi along with other soldiers fought against the actions of armed gangs who tarnished the struggle for Indonesian independence.