 | Prelude to the Monsoon: Assignment in Sumatra Subjects: World War 1939–1945 -- Indonesia; Jacobs Gideon Francois 1922–; World War 1939–1945 -- Personal narratives South African; Indonesia -- History -- 1945–; Intelligence officers -- South Africa -- Biography; The author's personal eyewitness account of the developments in Sumatra immediately after the Japanese surrender in August of 1945 combines the excitement and adventure of a fast-paced novel with a valuable record of a lost portion of history. G. F. Jacobs was Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. |
