GA-02908 2020 relevance B public
1965, L'Heure de l'histoire (Margolin, Archipel 99, 2020)
1965, the hour of history (Margolin, Archipel, 2020)
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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography
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- condensed from full annotation
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