ABSTRACT
The last months of 1948 were decisive for the Republic. It had won, with difficulty, the internal struggle for power, but no sooner had it done so than a new danger loomed when the Netherlands increased the pressure on Yogyakarta and prepared itself for a new military attack. This chapter looks at what it was that made the Dutch believe they could win the war. Could the Republic survive another attack? And who could the Republican leaders appeal to?
