The Appearance of the Military as A Political Force in Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.201014.129How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Military, political force, dwifungsi

Abstract

This study aims to determine the background of the emergence of the military as a political force in Indonesia. The method used is the historical method by performing four stages, namely: heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The results showed that the occurrence of regional upheaval that wanted to separate from the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia during the Old Order era, as a form of disappointment with the central government, was considered by the military as a threat to the integrity and sovereignty of the nation and state. Therefore, the military considers the need for a political concept and strategy to overcome this. So the concept of an army middle ground was initiated by Abdul Haris Nasution which in turn gave birth to Dwifungsi. As the embodiment of Dwifungsi, the military seeks to ward off threats that come from within and outside. With the enactment of a state of danger or martial law law, the military will increasingly carry out its political functions by keeping in view the state situation at that time.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Abdul Rahman
AU  - Firdaus W. Suhaeb
AU  - Nurlela
AU  - Alfin Dwi Rahmawan
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/15
TI  - The Appearance of the Military as A Political Force in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 589
EP  - 593
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201014.129
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201014.129
ID  - Rahman2020
ER  -