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In 1965-66, army-organized massacres claimed the lives of hundreds
of thousands of supporters of the Communist Party of Indonesia.
Very few of these atrocities have been studied in any detail, and
answers to basic questions remain unclear. What was the
relationship between the army and civilian militias? How could the
perpetrators come to view unarmed individuals as dangerous enemies
of the nation? Why did Communist Party supporters, who numbered in
the millions, not resist? Drawing upon years of research and
interviews with survivors, Buried Histories is an impressive
contribution to the literature on genocide and mass atrocity,
crucially addressing the topics of media, military organization,
economic interests, and resistance.
In Two Volumes. Other ISBNs in this set include: 1430442212. This
scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint
Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of
rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this
title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections
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markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our
control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it
available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and
promoting the world's literature.
In Two Volumes. Other ISBNs In This Set Include: 1432510797. This
scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint
Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of
rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this
title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections
such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures,
markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our
control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it
available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and
promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
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have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
In Two Volumes. Other ISBNs In This Set Include: 1432510797. This
scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint
Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of
rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this
title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections
such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures,
markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our
control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it
available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and
promoting the world's literature.
In Two Volumes. Other ISBNs in this set include: 1430442212. This
scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint
Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of
rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this
title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections
such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures,
markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our
control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it
available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and
promoting the world's literature.
In 1965–66, army-organized massacres claimed the lives of
hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Communist Party of
Indonesia. Very few of these atrocities have been studied in any
detail, and answers to basic questions remain unclear. What was the
relationship between the army and civilian militias? How could the
perpetrators come to view unarmed individuals as dangerous enemies
of the nation? Why did Communist Party supporters, who numbered in
the millions, not resist? Drawing upon years of research and
interviews with survivors, Buried Histories is an impressive
contribution to the literature on genocide and mass atrocity,
crucially addressing the topics of media, military organization,
economic interests, and resistance.
In the early morning hours of October 1, 1965, a group calling
itself the September 30th Movement kidnapped and executed six
generals of the Indonesian army, including its highest commander.
The group claimed that it was attempting to preempt a coup, but it
was quickly defeated as the senior surviving general, Haji Mohammad
Suharto, drove the movement's partisans out of Jakarta. Riding the
crest of mass violence, Suharto blamed the Communist Party of
Indonesia for masterminding the movement and used the emergency as
a pretext for gradually eroding President Sukarno's powers and
installing himself as a ruler. Imprisoning and killing hundreds of
thousands of alleged communists over the next year, Suharto remade
the events of October 1, 1965 into the central event of modern
Indonesian history and the cornerstone of his thirty-two-year
dictatorship.
Despite its importance as a trigger for one of the twentieth
century's worst cases of mass violence, the September 30th Movement
has remained shrouded in uncertainty. Who actually masterminded it?
What did they hope to achieve? Why did they fail so miserably? And
what was the movement's connection to international Cold War
politics? In "Pretext for Mass Murder," John Roosa draws on a
wealth of new primary source material to suggest a solution to the
mystery behind the movement and the enabling myth of Suharto's
repressive regime. His book is a remarkable feat of historical
investigation.
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