Gangsters And Revolutionaries

Author : Robert Cribb
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9793780711

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Gangsters and Revolutionaries by Robert Cribb Pdf

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 : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 060804377X

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Gangsters and Revolutionaries by R. B. Cribb Pdf

Author : R. B. Cribb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0824813952

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Gangsters and Revolutionaries by R. B. Cribb Pdf

Author : Bart Luttikhuis,A. Dirk Moses
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317663157

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Colonial Counterinsurgency and Mass Violence by Bart Luttikhuis,A. Dirk Moses Pdf

Whether out of historical interest, romantic identification with the colonized or as models for contemporary counter-insurgency experts, the mass violence of insurgency and counter-insurgency in the post-war decolonization of the European empires has long exerted an intense fascination. In the main, the dramas in French Algeria and British Kenya in the 1950s have dominated the scene, overshadowing the equally violent events that unfolded in the Dutch, Belgian and Portuguese empires. Colonial counterinsurgency and mass violence is the first book in English to treat the intense conflict that occurred during the ‘Indonesian revolution’—the decolonization struggle of the Dutch East Indies between 1945 and 1949. This case is particularly significant as the first episode of post-war colonial violence, indeed one with global reverberations. International opinion was ranged against the Dutch, and the nascent United Nations condemned its euphemistically termed ‘police actions’ to reclaim the archipelago from Indonesian nationalists after defeat by the Japanese in 1942. As this book makes clear, however, intra-Indonesian violence was no less prevalent, as rival independence visions vied for control and villagers were caught between the fronts. Taking a multi-perspectival approach, eighteen authors examine the origins of the conflict as well as its representational and memory dimensions. Colonial counterinsurgency and mass violence will appeal to scholars of imperial history, mass violence and memory studies alike. This book is based on a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.

Author : Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Communism
ISBN : 0902030914

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Stalin's Gangsters by Leon Trotsky Pdf

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 : Ronald Spector
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812967326

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In the Ruins of Empire by Ronald Spector Pdf

The New York Times said of Ronald H. Spector’s classic account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, “No future book on the Pacific War will be written without paying due tribute to Eagle Against the Sun.” Now Spector has returned with a book that is even more revealing. In the Ruins of Empire chronicles the startling aftermath of this crucial twentieth-century conflict. With access to recently available firsthand accounts by Chinese, Japanese, British, and American witnesses and previously top secret U.S. intelligence records, Spector tells for the first time the fascinating story of the deadly confrontations that broke out–or merely continued–in Asia after peace was proclaimed at the end of World War II. Under occupation by the victorious Allies, this part of the world was plunged into new power struggles or back into old feuds that in some ways were worse than the war itself. In the Ruins of Empire also shows how the U.S. and Soviet governments, as they secretly vied for influence in liberated lands, were soon at odds. At the time of the peace declaration, international suspicions were still strong. Joseph Stalin warned that “crazy cutthroats” might disrupt the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay. Die-hard Japanese officers plotted to seize the emperor’s palace to prevent an announcement of surrender, and clandestine relief forces were sent to rescue thousands of Allied POWs to prevent their being massacred. In the Ruins of Empire paints a vivid picture of the postwar intrigues and violence. In Manchuria, Russian “liberators” looted, raped, and killed innocent civilians, and a fratricidal rivalry continued between Chiang Kai-shek’s regime and Mao’s revolutionaries. Communist resistance forces in Malaya settled old scores and terrorized the indigenous population, while mujahideen holy warriors staged reprisals and terror killings against the Chinese–hundreds of innocent civilians were killed on both sides. In Indochina, a nativist political movement rose up to oppose the resumption of French colonial rule; one of the factions that struggled for supremacy was the Communist Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh. Korea became a powder keg with the Russians and Americans entangled in its north and south. And in Java, as the Indonesian novelist Idrus wrote, people brutalized by years of Japanese occupation “worshipped a new God in the form of bombs, submachine guns, and mortars.” Through impeccable research and provocative analysis, as well as compelling accounts of American, British, Indian, and Australian soldiers charged with overseeing the surrender and repatriation of millions of Japanese in the heart of dangerous territory, Spector casts new and startling light on this pivotal time–and sets the record straight about this contested and important period in history.

Author : Kevin W. Fogg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108487870

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Indonesia's Islamic Revolution by Kevin W. Fogg Pdf

The decolonization of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, was seen by up to half of the population as a religious struggle. Utilizing a combination of oral history and archival research, Kevin W. Fogg presents a new understanding of the Indonesian revolution and of Islam as a revolutionary ideology.

Author : Jafar Suryomenggolo
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789971696962

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Organising under the Revolution by Jafar Suryomenggolo Pdf

The years 1945-48 marked the peak of the Indonesian revolution, but they were also formative years for the state-labour relationship in modern Indonesia. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources, Jafar Suryomenggolo reconstructs labour's initial drive to form and orient unions during this critical period. The historical narrative captures early unions' nationalist spirit and efforts to defend members' socio-economic interests, and shows the steps taken by the labour movement to maintain its independence and build institutional capacity within the new Indonesian state. Organising under the Revolution challenges the prevailing assumptions that see labour movements as political arms of the post-colonial state. The author's conclusions provide a comparative lens for the study of labour movements in Southeast Asia, and developing countries in general.

Author : Kristian Williams
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849354578

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Gang Politics by Kristian Williams Pdf

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
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461739548

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Patrolling the Revolution by Elizabeth J. Perry Pdf

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.

Author : Carlos Alberto Montaner
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Cuba
ISBN : 9781892941619

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Journey to the Heart of Cuba by Carlos Alberto Montaner Pdf

A former university professor delves into the mind and psyche of Fidel Castroand the forces that have kept him in power in Cuba.

Author : B. Lintner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781137062949

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Blood Brothers by B. Lintner Pdf

From pirates singing Ricky Martin to mob hits carried out with samurai swords, Bertil Lintner offers a fascinating look at organized crime in the Asia Pacific. Both Western and Asian pundits assert that shady deals are an Asian way of life. Some argue that corruption and illicit business ventures - gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking, gun running, oil smuggling - are entrenched parts of the Asian value system. Yet many Asian leaders maintain that their cities are safer than Sydney, Amsterdam, New York, and Los Angeles. Making use of expertise gained from twenty years of living in Asia, Lintner exposes the role crime plays in the countries of the Far East. In Blood Brothers , he takes you inside the criminal fraternities of Asia, examining these networks and their past histories in order to answer one question: How are civil societies all over the world to be protected from the worst excesses of increasingly globalised mobsters?

Author : Benedict R. O'G. Anderson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501719042

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Violence and the State in Suharto's Indonesia by Benedict R. O'G. Anderson Pdf

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 : Freek Colombijn,J.Th. Lindblad
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004489561

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Roots of Violence in Indonesia by Freek Colombijn,J.Th. Lindblad Pdf

Jakarta, Sambas, Poso, the Moluccas, West Papua. These simple, geographical names have recently obtained strong associations with mass killing, just as Aceh and East Timor, where large-scale violence has flared up again. Lethal incidents between adjacent villages, or between a petty criminal and the crowd, take place throughout Indonesia. Indonesia is a violent country. Many Indonesia-watchers, both scholars and journalists, explain the violence in terms of the loss of the monopoly on the means of violence by the state since the beginning of the Reformasi in 1998. Others point at the omnipresent remnants of the New Order state (1966-1998), former President Suharto's clan or the army in particular, as the evil genius behind the present bloodshed. The authors in this volume try to explain violence in Indonesia by looking at it in historical perspective.

Author : Richard McMillan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134254279

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The British Occupation of Indonesia: 1945-1946 by Richard McMillan Pdf

This is the first work to systematically examine the British occupation of Indonesia after the Second World War. The occupation by British-Indian forces between 1945 and 1946 bridged the gap between the surrender of Japan and the resumption of Dutch rule, and this book is a reappraisal of the conduct on the ground of that British Occupation. Contrary to previous studies, this book demonstrates that occupation was neither exclusively pro-Dutch nor pro-Indonesian; nor was it the orderly affair portrayed in the official histories. Richard McMillan draws upon a wide range of sources previously unavailable to scholars - such as recently declassified government papers and papers in private archives; he has also carried out revealing interviews with key players. Presenting a wealth of new information, this highly original and well-written book, will appeal to scholars of European Imperialism, the Second World War, military history and the history of South and Southeast Asia. It will also be relevant to a wide range of undergraduate courses in History.