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Pretext For Mass Murder
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Author : John Roosa
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2006-08-03
Pretext For Mass Murder written by John Roosa and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the early morning hours of October 1, 1965, a group calling itself the September 30th Movement kidnapped and executed six generals of the Indonesian army, including its highest commander. The group claimed that it was attempting to preempt a coup, but it was quickly defeated as the senior surviving general, Haji Mohammad Suharto, drove the movement’s partisans out of Jakarta. Riding the crest of mass violence, Suharto blamed the Communist Party of Indonesia for masterminding the movement and used the emergency as a pretext for gradually eroding President Sukarno’s powers and installing himself as a ruler. Imprisoning and killing hundreds of thousands of alleged communists over the next year, Suharto remade the events of October 1, 1965 into the central event of modern Indonesian history and the cornerstone of his thirty-two-year dictatorship. Despite its importance as a trigger for one of the twentieth century’s worst cases of mass violence, the September 30th Movement has remained shrouded in uncertainty. Who actually masterminded it? What did they hope to achieve? Why did they fail so miserably? And what was the movement’s connection to international Cold War politics? In Pretext for Mass Murder, John Roosa draws on a wealth of new primary source material to suggest a solution to the mystery behind the movement and the enabling myth of Suharto’s repressive regime. His book is a remarkable feat of historical investigation. Finalist, Social Sciences Book Award, the International Convention of Asian Scholars
Pretext For Mass Murder
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Author : John Roosa
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2006-08-03
Pretext For Mass Murder written by John Roosa and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the early morning hours of October 1, 1965, a group calling itself the September 30th Movement kidnapped and executed six generals of the Indonesian army, including its highest commander. The group claimed that it was attempting to preempt a coup, but it was quickly defeated as the senior surviving general, Haji Mohammad Suharto, drove the movement’s partisans out of Jakarta. Riding the crest of mass violence, Suharto blamed the Communist Party of Indonesia for masterminding the movement and used the emergency as a pretext for gradually eroding President Sukarno’s powers and installing himself as a ruler. Imprisoning and killing hundreds of thousands of alleged communists over the next year, Suharto remade the events of October 1, 1965 into the central event of modern Indonesian history and the cornerstone of his thirty-two-year dictatorship. Despite its importance as a trigger for one of the twentieth century’s worst cases of mass violence, the September 30th Movement has remained shrouded in uncertainty. Who actually masterminded it? What did they hope to achieve? Why did they fail so miserably? And what was the movement’s connection to international Cold War politics? In Pretext for Mass Murder, John Roosa draws on a wealth of new primary source material to suggest a solution to the mystery behind the movement and the enabling myth of Suharto’s repressive regime. His book is a remarkable feat of historical investigation. Finalist, Social Sciences Book Award, the International Convention of Asian Scholars
Hitler S Police Battalions
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Author : Edward B. Westermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Hitler S Police Battalions written by Edward B. Westermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
When the German Wehrmacht swarmed across Eastern Europe, an elite corps followed close at its heels. Along with the SS and Gestapo, the Ordnungspolizei, or Uniformed Police, played a central role in Nazi genocide that until now has been generally neglected by historians of the war. Beginning with the invasion of Poland, the Uniformed Police were charged with following the army to curb resistance, pacify the countryside, patrol Jewish ghettos, and generally maintain order in the conquered territories. Edward Westermann examines how this force emerged as a primary instrument of annihilation, responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of the Third Reich's political and racial enemies. In Hitler's Police Battalions he reveals how the institutional mindset of these "ordinary policemen" allowed them to commit atrocities without a second thought. To uncover the story of how the German national police were fashioned into a corps of political soldiers, Westermann reveals initiatives pursued before the war by Heinrich Himmler and Kurt Daluege to create a culture within the existing police forces that fostered anti-Semitism and anti-Communism as institutional norms. Challenging prevailing interpretations of German culture, Westermann draws on extensive archival research—including the testimony of former policemen—to illuminate this transformation and the callous organizational culture that emerged. Purged of dissidents, indoctrinated to idolize Hitler, and trained in military combat, these police battalions-often numbering several hundred men-repeatedly conducted actions against Jews, Slavs, gypsies, asocials, and other groups on their own initiative, even when they had the choice not to. In addition to documenting these atrocities, Westermann examines cooperation between the Ordnungspolizei and the SS and Gestapo, and the close relationship between police and Wehrmacht in the conduct of the anti-partisan campaign of annihilation. Throughout, Westermann stresses the importance of ideological indoctrination and organizational initiatives within specific groups. It was the organizational culture of the Uniformed Police, he maintains, and not German culture in general that led these men to commit genocide. Hitler's Police Battalions provides the most complete and comprehensive study to date of this neglected branch of Himmler's SS and Police empire and adds a new dimension to our understanding of the Holocaust and the war on the Eastern front.
Auschwitz 1940 1945 Mass Murder
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Auschwitz 1940 1945 Mass Murder written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) categories.
Value Wars
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Author : John McMurtry
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Release Date : 2002-08-20
Value Wars written by John McMurtry and has been published by Pluto Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-20 with Business & Economics categories.
Shows how transnational corporations use lobby groups to shape EU policy. New updated edition
Program Of The Annual Meeting American Historical Association
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Author : American Historical Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Program Of The Annual Meeting American Historical Association written by American Historical Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with United States categories.
Some programs include also the programs of societies meeting concurrently with the association.
Strangers Who Are Not Foreign
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Author : Yen-ling Tsai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Strangers Who Are Not Foreign written by Yen-ling Tsai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
The Last Three Popes And The Jews
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Author : Pinchas Lapide
language : en
Publisher: London : Souvenir P.
Release Date : 1967
The Last Three Popes And The Jews written by Pinchas Lapide and has been published by London : Souvenir P. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Judaism categories.
After tracing (on pp. 13-85) the complex history of Christian-Jewish relations throughout the ages, marked with numerous manifestations of anti-Judaism and antisemitism, focuses on the pontificate of three Popes: Pius XI, Pius XII, and John XXIII. Their papacies coincided with the rise of fascism and Nazism, the Holocaust, and the establishment of the State of Israel. Notes that Pius XI not only condemned racial antisemitism in Germany and elsewhere, but was the first Pope to actively take a stand in defense of the Jews. Pius XII, who did not possess the assertive qualities of his predecessor, but was a good diplomat, deplored Nazi and fascist antisemitism, but kept silent on the Holocaust throughout the war years. Nevertheless, during the Holocaust, he rendered help to thousands of Jews in Italy and elsewhere. Stresses the fact that both Popes acted at a time when many Catholic priests and hierarchs in Germany and other countries supported Nazism and racism. Although Pius XII, and the entire Catholic Church, did not approve of the Zionist program to revive the Jewish state in Palestine, he spoke up for the preservation of Jewish holy places in Israel on a par with Christian holy places. John XXIII, the supporter of reconciliation between Christians and Jews, paved the way for Vatican Council II and the document "Nostra aetate".
Program Of The Annual Meeting Of The American Historical Association
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Author : American Historical Association. Meeting
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Program Of The Annual Meeting Of The American Historical Association written by American Historical Association. Meeting and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with United States categories.
Some programs include also the programs of societies meeting concurrently with the association.
Crimes Against Humanity And Civilization
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, Incorporated
Release Date : 2004
Crimes Against Humanity And Civilization written by and has been published by Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.