Gangsters And Revolutionaries
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Author | : Robert Cribb |
Publisher | : Equinox Publishing |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2008-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789793780719 |
Gangsters and Revolutionaries is the first in-depth study of one of the 'people's armies' which emerged from the chaos at the close of World War II in Indonesia to join the struggle for Indonesian independence in 1945. It traces the story of the People's Militia of Greater Jakarta from its origins as a loose network of petty criminals and labor bosses in the slums of urban Jakarta and the feudal estates of the surrounding countryside, to its destruction at the hands of the Indonesian army in the late 1940s. This book examines the social basis of the Indonesian revolution, especially the ways in which the revolutionary forces made use of existing social structures in mobilizing a popular following. It also highlights the painful process by which the new Indonesian state discarded and suppressed groups which had been instrumental in its own rise to power. Archival records, contemporary newspapers and interviews with survivors have been used to shed new light on the early history of the Indonesian army, showing a tangled politics in which regular and irregular units, general staff officers and the Ministry of Defense vied for influence and struggled to formulate a strategy for guerrilla war. Gangsters and Revolutionaries introduces a host of unexpected but fascinating characters, from the cat-eating General Mustopo and the implacable Haji Darip to the gangster unit which saw service with the Dutch as Her Majesty's Irregular Troops. Robert Cribb is Senior Fellow in Indonesian History at the Australian National University. His research focuses on Indonesian national identity, mass violence, environmental politics and historical geography. He is the author of the Historical Atlas of Indonesia (2000).
Author | : R. B. Cribb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780608043777 |
Author | : R. B. Cribb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Hoodlums |
ISBN | : 9780043012963 |
Written by a specialist in southeast Asian history this study is based on a detailed examination of the people's armies which emerged in Indonesia towards the end of WWII. Through archival records, contemporary newspapers and extensive interviewing the author provides an important insight into the social basis of the Indonesian revolution. Contains a bibliography and an index.
Author | : Alan Collins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 17 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Clubs |
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Author | : Leon Trotsky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Communism |
ISBN | : 9780902030916 |
Trotsky's last battle against the Stalinist murder machine - the only book by him never before published in English. Contains all the articles against the GPU written between the raid on Trotsky's house on May 24, 1940, and his assassination on August 20. The record of a life-and-death struggle against the agents of the bureaucracy, 'Stalin's Gangsters' is essential for training today's generation of revolutionaries in the history of the movement and the fight for its security.
Author | : Thijs Brocades Zaalberg |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2022-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501764160 |
In Empire's Violent End, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis, along with expert contributors, present comparative research focused specifically on excessive violence in Indonesia, Algeria, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kenya, and other areas during the wars of decolonization. In the last two decades, there have been heated public and scholarly debates in France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands on the violent end of empire. Nevertheless, the broader comparative investigations into colonial counterinsurgency tend to leave atrocities such as torture, execution, and rape in the margins. The editors describe how such comparisons mostly focus on the differences by engaging in "guilt ranking." Moreover, the dramas that have unfolded in Algeria and Kenya tend to overshadow similar violent events in Indonesia, the very first nation to declare independence directly after World War II. Empire's Violent End is the first book to place the Dutch-Indonesian case at the heart of a comparison with focused, thematic analysis on a diverse range of topics to demonstrate that despite variation in scale, combat intensity, and international dynamics, there were more similarities than differences in the ways colonial powers used extreme forms of violence. By delving into the causes and nature of the abuse, Brocades Zaalberg and Luttikhuis conclude that all cases involved some form of institutionalized impunity, which enabled the type of situation in which the forces in the service of the colonial rulers were able to use extreme violence.
Author | : Benedict R. O'G. Anderson |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1501719041 |
These essays investigate institutionalized violence in New Order Indonesia and the ongoing legacy Suharto's dictatorship has conferred on the nation. The collection includes papers on East Timor, Aceh, Biak, the police, and the Indonesian military, among other topics.
Author | : Carlos Alberto Montaner |
Publisher | : Algora Publishing |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1892941619 |
A former university professor delves into the mind and psyche of Fidel Castroand the forces that have kept him in power in Cuba.
Author | : Kristian Williams |
Publisher | : AK Press |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 184935457X |
In three taut essays, Kristian Williams examines our society’s understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between “gangs” of all sorts—cops and criminals, Proud Boys and antifa, Panthers and skinheads—arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features. As society becomes more polarized and the conviction that things are only going to get worse, and more violent, grows, William’s analysis is a crucial corrective to our simple, unquestioned ideas about the role violence might or should play in our social struggles.
Author | : Elizabeth J. Perry |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2007-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1461739543 |
This pioneering study explores the role of working-class militias as vanguard and guardian of the Chinese Revolution. The book begins with the origins of urban militias in the late nineteenth century and follows their development to the present day. Elizabeth J. Perry focuses on the institution of worker militias as a vehicle for analyzing the changing (yet enduring) impact of China's revolutionary heritage on subsequent state-society relations. She also incorporates a strong comparative perspective, examining the influence of revolutionary militias on the political trajectories of the United States, France, the Soviet Union, and Iran. Based on exhaustive archival research, the work raises fascinating questions about the construction of revolutionary citizenship; the distinctions among class, community, and creed; the open-ended character of revolutionary movements; and the path dependency of institutional change. All readers interested in deepening their understanding of the Chinese Revolution and in the nature of revolutionary change more generally will find this an invaluable contribution.