Indonesia
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Contributors: Cribb, R. B.
Series: Genocide & persecution; Genocide and persecution
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780737770131; 9780737768985
Subjects: Politics and government; Sources; Political atrocities; Partai Komunis Indonesia; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes; HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia; History
Work titles: Indonesia (Greenhaven Press)
Description: Examines the historical background and provides a look at the causes, events, and aftermath of the 1965 mass killings in Indonesia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the 1965 killings in Indonesia / Robert Cribb; title: Lieutenant Colonel Untung declares the September 30 coup / Untung Syamsuri; title: An anti-communist policy for Indonesia is presented to the Covert Oversight Committee / State Department; title: US diplomats formulate anti-communist response to September 30 incident / Marshall Green; title: A catalogue of anti-communist violence in East Java / Anonymous; title: Sukarno is forced from power / Ottawa Citizen; title: Suharto dies / Shawn Donnan and John Aglionby; title: PKI survivors still face stigma in Indonesia / Alexandra di Stefano Pironti; title: Indonesia still struggles to confront the events of 1965 / Endy Bayuni; title: The Communist PKI were a violent threat in 1965 / Francis J. Galbraith; title: The Communist PKI were not a violent threat in 1965 / Ruth McVey and Benedict R. Anderson; title: The US supplied lists of communists which aided the 1965 Indonesian massacre / Kathy Kadane; title: The US did not supply lists of communists to the indonesian government / Michael Wines; title: The massacre of the PKI was exaggerated / Richard Cabot Howland; title: The 1965 killings constituted genocide / Robert Cribb; title: Suharto was a thoughtful and effective leader, despite flaws / Richard Wolcott; title: Suharto was a corrupt tyrant who damaged Indonesia / John Gittings; title: Indonesia still struggles with the historical memory of the 1965 genocide / Adrian Vickers and Katharine McGregor; title: An Indonesian Catholic recalls his experiences as an anti-Communist before 1965 / Jusuf Wanandi; title: A Western observer describes the violence of 1965 / John Hughes; title: A Indonesian emigre describes the tensions around communism in 1965 and after / Pipit Rochijat; title: Indonesians recount their role in the 1965 massacres / Anthony Deutsch; title: An Indonesian writer describes his imprisonment following 1965 / Pramoedya Ananta Toer; title: Glossary; title: Organizations to contact; title: Bibliography of primary documents; title: For further research; title: Index.