In 1967, a group of Indonesian communists known as the Gerakan 30 September (G30S) attempted to overthrow the government of President Sukarno. The coup failed, and the country descended into a civil war that lasted until 1998. What if the G30S had succeeded?
If Indonesia had fallen to communism in 1967, it would have been the first communist country in Southeast Asia. The Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) was a powerful force in Indonesian politics, and it would have been likely …