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GA-02942 2001 rel B

The Battle for History after Suharto (van Klinken, 2001)

Gerry van Klinken's 2001 article mapping the post-Suharto contest over the national past: statist New Order history (film, Lubang Buaya rituals, book bans), versus societal streams including Sulami's 1999 truth-seeking organisation and Pramoedya. Historiographical context.

GA-02916 2008 rel B licensed

Testimonio and Telling: Women's Narratives of Genocide, Torture and Political Imprisonment in Post-Suharto Indonesia (Pohlman, 2008)

Testimonio and Telling: Women's Narratives of Genocide, Torture and Imprisonment (Pohlman, 2008)

Annie Pohlman's 2008 article adopting the Latin American genre of testimonio to analyse women's narratives of genocide, torture and detention in the absence of official inquiry; examines collective voice and discursive strategies around sexual violence.

GA-02934 2008 rel B

Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968 (Simpson, 2008)

Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations 1960-1968 (Simpson, 2008)

Bradley Simpson's 2008 diplomatic history of US-Indonesia relations 1960-68, arguing a transnational coalition of Western governments and technocrats laid foundations for a military-led developmental regime and the Johnson administration willingly backed the army. Context; Gerwani not central.

GA-02889 2009 rel B licensed

The Construction of History under Indonesia's New Order: The Lubang Buaya Official Narrative (PhD diss., Wisconsin, 2009)

The Construction of History under Indonesia's New Order: the Lubang Buaya official narrative (Djakababa, 2009)

Yosef Djakababa's 2009 Wisconsin dissertation on how the New Order built the official Lubang Buaya narrative (PKI sole mastermind, spontaneous people's response) via army history, Mahmillub trials, the monument, Hari Kesaktian Pancasila and the film. Key study of official memory.

GA-02910 2009 rel B licensed

Confronting the Past in Contemporary Indonesia: The Anticommunist Killings of 1965-66 and the Role of the Nahdlatul Ulama (McGregor, 2009)

Confronting the Past: the anticommunist killings of 1965-66 and the role of Nahdlatul Ulama (McGregor, 2009)

Katharine McGregor's 2009 article on NU's support for the 1965-66 killings (e.g. its 5 Oct 1965 call to ban the PKI, Gerwani and others), their celebration under the New Order and Syarikat's post-1998 reconciliation work. Context on religious-organisation role.