Indonesia Law Review (ILREV)
Vol. 9, No. 1

BOOK REVIEW THE ARMY AND THE INDONESIAN GENOCIDE: MECHANICS OF MASS MURDER

Waagstein, Patricia Rinwigati (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2019

Abstract

The Army and Indonesian Genocide : Mechanics of Mass Murder is an extraordinarily detailed exploration by author Jess Melvin who aims to defy the common understanding of the 1965 ‘anti-communist’ purge which highlights the Indonesian army’s part in the arranging the related violence in Aceh, resulting as one of the first locations revolving around a series of widespread massacres in Indonesia. The book presents a unique narrative that ventures into the dismay found within the the history of the 1965 anti-communist movement in Aceh. Although other source materials mostly focus on the history of the 1965 anti-communist killings around more popular areas such as Java and Bali, this book in particular represents a limited number of research regarding the purge outside the confines of Java.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

publication:ilrev

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

Indonesia Law Review (ILREV) is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed law journal. It was first published by the Djokosoetono Research Center (DRC) in 2011 to address the lack of scholarly literatures on Indonesian law accessible in English for an international audience. ILREV focuses on recent ...