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1965, L'Heure de l'histoire (Margolin, Archipel 99, 2020)

1965, the hour of history (Margolin, Archipel, 2020)

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Jean-Louis Margolin's 47-page review essay (Archipel 99, 2020, in French) on the 'new historiography' of 1965 through eight books, summarising findings on army-militia cooperation, NU/Ansor, sexual violence and prisons, and critiquing Melvin and Robinson.

Esai ulasan 47 halaman Jean-Louis Margolin (Archipel 99, 2020, dalam bahasa Prancis) tentang 'historiografi baru' 1965 lewat delapan buku, merangkum temuan soal kerja sama tentara-milisi, NU/Ansor, kekerasan seksual dan penjara, serta mengkritik Melvin dan Robinson.

People

Jean-Louis MargolinJess MelvinGeoffrey RobinsonVannessa HearmanSoe Tjen MarchingKatharine McGregor

Organisations

Nahdlatul UlamaAnsor Youth Movement

Places

IndonesiaJavaBaliAceh

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66

Topics

historiographykillings 1965–66memory, testimony and justice

Tags

reviewmilitia and volunteersarmy in politics

Details

Date
2020
Creator
Margolin
Document type
journal article (journal article (review essay / 'lecture critique' of eight books, with an interpretive essay))
Language
French; English
Perspective
Scholarship
Source role
secondary
Country
France
Period
1999–present
Source archive
OpenEdition · source link
Access
Downloaded 2026-10-15 via Nath's Chrome (see 'Download Log 2026-10-15.csv'). OpenEdition Journals, open access: https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/1729, DOI 10.4000/archipel.1729. Text under CC BY-ND 4.0. The PDF cover sheet records an earlier consultation date of 17 July 2026 (PDF generated then). Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Margolin, J.-L. (2020). 1965 : L’heure de l’histoire ? [1965: Time for history?]. Archipel, 99, 215–261. https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.1729
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography/Margolin (2020) - 1965, L'Heure de l'histoire (Archipel 99).pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.548) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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