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Pretext for mass murder : the September 30th Movement and Suharto's coup d'état in Indonesia Cover Image

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

Summary: 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 movements 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 Sukarnos 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 centurys 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 movements connection to international Cold War politics? InPretext 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 Suhartos repressive regime. His book is a remarkable feat of historical investigation. Finalist, Social Sciences Book Award, the International Convention of Asian Scholars.

Record details

ISBN: 9780299220341
ISBN: 0299220346
ISBN: 9780299220303
ISBN: 0299220303
ISBN: 9781282270343
ISBN: 1282270346
ISBN: 6612270349
ISBN: 9786612270345
ISBN: 0299220338
ISBN: 9780299220334
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The incoherence of the facts -- Interpretations of the movement -- The Supardjo document -- Sjam and the special bureau -- Aidit and the PKI -- Suharto, the Indonesian Army, and the United States -- Assembling a new narrative -- Some factors that influenced the defeat of "The September 30th Movement" as viewed from a military perspective (1966) / by Brigadier General Supardjo -- The testimony of Sjam.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Language Note:	In English.
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.