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GA-01511 1975-11-26 South China Morning Post rel B licensed

Indonesia: a fresh start (South China Morning Post, 26 November 1975)

South China Morning Post, 26 Nov 1975, p.22, Kenneth Whiting (AP), 'Indonesia: a fresh start': ten-year retrospective on the 1965 coup and 'bloodbath' (about 300,000 killed, 100,000 jailed, 20,000 political detainees still held), with oil-led economic recovery. A short passage says women were killed if believed to be p

GA-02267 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Pembunuhan Massal 1965-1966: Vendetta dan Jingoisme

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Mass killings 1965-1966 - vendetta and jingoism

Tempo historiography essay (1 Oct 2012) on the 1965-66 mass killings, outlining three phases of writing about 1965 and proposing 'jingoism' and 'vendetta' (macho, anomie-driven local score-settling) as cultural explanations, with the label 'PKI lu' as a channel for hatred. Argues history is interpretation and need not