NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Van Reybrouck about Revolusi, his new book about how Indonesia gained independence and paved the way for the... How Indonesia's revolution paved the way for ...

Even the most well-read World War II enthusiast is likely unaware of one major military operation that happened in 1945. It involved Royal Air Force bombers, 24 Sherman tanks, and 36,000 troops—some ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

‘Without bamboo there wouldn’t have been an Indonesian revolution,” writes David Van Reybrouck—a sweeping assertion of the type that most present-day historians, overspecialized and unadventurous, ...

David Van Reybrouck is an author, historian and archaeologist. As one of Belgium’s and Europe’s leading intellectuals, he is committed to promoting democratic resilience and a comprehensive ...

Indonesia is sometimes called the quiet giant of Southeast Asia - giant because it has the fourth-largest population in the world, the biggest Muslim community on Earth, and quiet because the rest of ...

David Grégoire Van Reybrouck (born 11 September 1971, in Bruges) is a Belgian cultural historian, archaeologist and author. He writes historical fiction, literary non-fiction, novels, poetry, plays ...

David Van Reybrouck (Bruges, 1971) read archaeology and philosophy at the universities of Leuven and Cambridge and holds a doctorate from Leiden. Digging and thinking remain his core activities.