Onafhankelijkheid, Dekolonisatie, Geweld en Oorlog in Indonesi 1945-1950
Resonance of Violence: Bersiap and the Dynamics of Violence in the First Phase of the Indonesian Revolution, 1945-1946
1st Edition
By Esther Captain, Onno Sinke
December 15, 2025
In early 2022, the issue of whether or not to remove the word ‘bersiap’ from an exhibition at Rijksmuseum Amsterdam prompted parliamentary questions, the initiation of legal proceedings against the museum, and an unusually fierce public debate about a word that had hitherto only been known to the ...
Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949
1st Edition
Edited
By Bambang Purwanto, Roel Frakking, Abdul Wahid, Gerry Klinken, Martijn Eickhoff
February 02, 2023
Revolutionary Worlds looks at the Indonesian revolution (1945-1949) from a local and regional perspective. With seventeen contributions, Indonesian and Dutch researchers bring to life the revolutionary world from widely differing perspectives. The authors explain how Indonesian, Chinese, Indian and...
Beyond the Pale: Dutch Extreme Violence in the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949
1st Edition
Edited
By Gert Oostindie, Ben Schoenmaker, Frank van Vree
February 17, 2022
Dutch Edition/Nederlandse editie: Over de grens On 17 August 1945, two days after the Japanese surrender that also brought an end to the Second World War in Asia, Indonesia declared its independence. The declaration was not recognized by the Netherlands, which resorted to force in its attempt to ...