Pretext for mass murder : the September 30th Movement and Suharto's coup d'état in Indonesia / John Roosa.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Roosa, John.

Series:

• New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Gerakan Tigapuluh September.
• Indonesia--History--Coup d'état, 1965.
• Indonesia.
• History.
• Partai Komunis Indonesia.
• Indonesia--Politics and government--1950-1966.
• Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'état in Indonesia

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2006]

Summary:

Despite its importance as a trigger for one of the twentieth century's worst cases of mass violence, Indonesia's September 30th Movement has remained shrouded in uncertainty-a genuine historical mystery. 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 of the movement and the enabling myth of Suharto's repressive regime. His book is a remarkable feat of historical investigation.

Contents:

• 1 The Incoherence of the Facts 34
• 2 Interpretations of the Movement 61
• 3 The Supardjo Document 82
• 4 Sjam and the Special Bureau 117
• 5 Aidit, the PKI, and the Movement 139
• 6 Suharto, the Indonesian Army, and the United States 176
• 7 Assembling a New Narrative 202
• 1 Some Factors That Influenced the Defeat of "the September 30th Movement" as Viewed from a Military Perspective (1966) / Brigadier General Supardjo 227
• 2 The Testimony of Sjam (1967) 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.

ISBN:

• 0299220303
• 0299220346

OCLC:

65407119

Publisher Number:

9780299220341