The killing season: a history of the Indonesian massacres, 1965-66

"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 e...

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Main Author: Robinson, Geoffrey 1957- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Table of Contents
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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"--
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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xx, 429 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9780691161389