New Book: Empire’s Violent End – Edited By T B Zaalberg and B Luttikhuis
“The violent operations initiated by these militias showed a similar pattern in the cities Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, and Surabaya. They first clashed with Eurasian youths from within the part of the Eurasian community that had not been interned in Japanese camps and had felt humiliated by nationalist Indonesian youngsters.”
Empire’s Violent End: Comparing Dutch, British, and French Wars of Decolonization, 1945–1962
Edited by Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis
From Cornell University Press “In Empire’s Violent End, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis, along with expert contributors, present comparative research focused specifically on excessive violence in Indonesia, Algeria, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kenya, and other areas during the wars of decolonization. In the last two decades, there have been heated public and scholarly debates in France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands on the violent end of…” (Read more…)
Stories From Indonesia 