| The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66 Contributor(s): Robinson, Geoffrey B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691196494 ISBN-13: 9780691196497 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Social History - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.55 lbs) 456 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The definitive account of one of the twentieth century's most brutal, yet least examined, episodes of genocide and detention The Killing Season 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, 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? Based on a rich body of primary and secondary sources, The Killing Season is the definitive account of a pivotal period in Indonesian history. |