RT Book
T1 The killing season: a history of the Indonesian massacres, 1965-66
T2 Human rights and crimes against humanity
A1 Robinson, Geoffrey 1957-
LA English
PP Princeton Oxford
PB Princeton University Press
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/896730816
AB "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"--
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN a
SN 9780691161389
K1 Political Violence : Indonesia
K1 Political atrocities : Indonesia
K1 Political prisoners : Indonesia
K1 Political atrocities
K1 Political prisoners
K1 Political Violence
K1 Politics and government
K1 Coup d'état (Indonesia : 1965)
K1 Indonesia
K1 History
K1 1965-1998
K1 Indonesia : History : Coup d'état, 1965
K1 Indonesia : Politics and government : 1966-1998
K1 Indonesien : Gewalt : Politik : Politischer Gefangener : Geschichte