Introduction: The Massacres of 1965–1966: New Interpretations and the Current Debate in Indonesia

The mass violence which spread across Indonesia following an attempt-ed coup on 1 October 1965 claimed the lives of half a million people and irrevocably changed the lives of millions more. Despite an up-surge in attention from researchers and community-based activists over the last fifteen years, these events, known collectively as the “Indonesian killings” or the “Indonesian massacres” of the mid-1960s, have remained a murky part of Indonesian history.

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Year of publication:	2014-03
Authors:	Pohlman, Annie
Published in:	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), ISSN 0722-8821. - Vol. 32.2013, 3, p. 3-10
Publisher:	German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Subject:	Indonesia \| communism \| PKI \| 30th September Movement \| massacres \| state and society

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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