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GA-01508 1965-11-20 South China Morning Post rel A licensed

Girl Admits Role In Coup (South China Morning Post, 20 November 1965)

Girl admits role in coup (South China Morning Post, 20 November 1965)

South China Morning Post, 20 Nov 1965, p.20 (Jakarta, 19 Nov; UPI/AP via Antara): a girl captured near Bandung admitted taking part in the killing of the six generals at Lubang Buaya and among those who shot the Army commander, and admitted membership of Gerwani, the Communist women's auxiliary. The item also reports a

GA-03042 2023 rel C licensed

Fashioning Authoritarianism: Militarization of Society in Indonesia, 1930-1966

Fashioning Authoritarianism: Militarization of Society in Indonesia, 1930-1966 (Joshua, 2023)

PhD dissertation (Northwestern, 2023) by Norman Joshua on the militarization of Indonesian society, 1930-1966. It argues the Army intervened in non-military affairs through the 'twin logics' of emergency powers and counterinsurgency, culminating in the New Order. Gerwani appears only in passing: p. 428 gives its claime