ISBN:
9781400888863
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (456 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Robinson, Geoffrey B The Killing Season : A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66
DDC:
303.609598
Keywords:
Political prisoners
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Political violence
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Political atrocities
;
Political violence -- Indonesia
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Political atrocities -- Indonesia
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Political prisoners -- Indonesia
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Electronic books
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Indonesia Politics and government 1966-1998
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Indonesia History Coup d'état, 1965
Abstract:
"Explores one of the largest and swiftest, yet least examined, instances of mass killing and incarceration in the twentieth century--the shocking antileftist purge that gripped Indonesia in 1965-66, leaving some five hundred thousand people dead and more than a million others in detention. An expert in modern Indonesian history, genocide, and human rights, Geoffrey Robinson sets out to account for this violence and to end the troubling silence surrounding it. In doing so, he sheds new light on broad and enduring historical questions. How do we account for instances of systematic mass killing and detention? Why are some of these crimes remembered and punished, while others are forgotten? What are the social and political ramifications of such acts and such silence? Challenging conventional narratives of the mass violence of 1965-66 as arising spontaneously from religious and social conflicts, Robinson argues convincingly that it was instead the product of a deliberate campaign, led by the Indonesian Army. He also details the critical role played by the United States, Britain, and other major powers in facilitating mass murder and incarceration. Robinson concludes by probing the disturbing long-term consequences of the violence for millions of survivors and Indonesian society as a whole"--
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Note on Spelling and Translation -- Abbreviations and Foreign Terms -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Preconditions -- Chapter 3 Pretext -- Chapter 4 Cold War -- Chapter 5 Mass Killing -- Chapter 6 The Armyâs Role -- Chapter 7 âA Gleam of Light in Asiaâ -- Chapter 8 Mass Incarceration -- Chapter 9 Release, Restrict, Discipline, and Punish -- Chapter 10 Truth and Justice? -- Chapter 11 Violence, Legacies, Silence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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