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Author:   Kon. Inst. v. Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV) ,  Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (NIMH) ,  NIOD Inst. v. Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
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9789463726481

ISBN 10:   9463726489
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   17 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction 1 Background, guiding principles and methodology Gert Oostindie 2 The Netherlands and Indonesia 1945-1949. The political-historical context Gert Oostindie 3 The war in Indonesia 1945-1949. The military-historical context Gert Oostindie and Rémy Limpach Interim conclusions 2. Intermezzo The human dimension. The search for stories about the Indonesian War of Independence Eveline Buchheim, Fridus Steijlen, Stephanie Welvaart i i i. Research results 1 ‘Hatred of foreign elements and their “accomplices”’ Extreme violence in the first phase of the Indonesian Revolution (17 August 1945 to 31 March 1946) Esther Captain and Onno Sinke 2 Revolutionary worlds. Legitimacy, violence and loyalty during the Indonesian War of Independence Roel Frakking and Martijn Eickhoff 3 ‘Information costs lives.’ The intelligence war for Indonesia, 1945-1949 Rémy Limpach 4 The myth of the ‘Dutch Method’. Heavy weapons in the Indonesian War of Independence Azarja Harmanny 5 The law as a weapon. The actions of the Dutch judiciary during the Indonesian War of Independence Esther Zwinkels 6 Silence, information and deception in the Indonesian War of Independence Remco Raben and Peter Romijn 7 Silence as a strategy. International visions of the Indonesian War of Independence Jeroen Kemperman 8 Beyond colonial guilt ranking. Dutch, British and French extreme violence in comparative perspective, 1945-1962 Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis 9 A guilty conscience. The painful processing of the Indonesian War of Independence in the Netherlands Gert Oostindie and Meindert van der Kaaij 4. Closing remarks Conclusions 5. Epilogue Dealing with the legacies of a violent past Hilmar Farid Notes Abbreviations Further reading Acknowledgements About the authors Index

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During the research, the authors – Gert Oostindie, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg, Eveline Buchheim, Esther Captain, Martijn Eickhoff, Roel Frakking, Azarja Harmanny, Meindert van der Kaaij, Jeroen Kemperman, Rémy Limpach, Bart Luttikhuis, Remco Raben, Peter Romijn, Onno Sinke, Fridus Steijlen, Stephanie Welvaart, and Esther Zwinkels – were all affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), the Netherlands Institute for Military History (NIMH) or the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The Indonesian historian Hilmar Farid wrote the epilogue. During the research the authors – Thijs Brocades Zaalberg Azarja Harmanny Rémy Limpach and Esther Zwinkels – were all affiliated with the Netherlands Institute for Military History (NIMH). Thijs Brocades Zaalberg now is affiliated with Leiden University and The Netherlands Defense Academy. During the research, the authors – Eveline Buchheim, Martijn Eickhoff, Jeroen Kemperman, Remco Raben, Peter Romijn and Stephanie Welvaart – were all affiliated with the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

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