Title The killing season : a history of the Indonesian massacres, 1965-66 / Geoffrey B. Robinson

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Human rights and crimes against humanity Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Preconditions -- Pretext -- Cold war -- Mass killing -- The army's role -- "A gleam of light in Asia" -- Mass incarceration -- Release, restrict, discipline, and punish -- Truth and justice? -- Violence, legacies, silence Summary "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"-- Publisher's Web site Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 8, 2018) Subject Political violence -- Indonesia Political atrocities -- Indonesia Political prisoners -- Indonesia SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century Political atrocities Political prisoners Political violence Politics and government SUBJECT Indonesia -- History -- Coup d'état, 1965. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065753 Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1966-1998. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065763 Subject Indonesia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017039519 ISBN 9781400888863 1400888867

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