The Initial Purging Policies after the 1965 Incident at Lubang Buaya

After the Lubang Buaya incident on 1 October 1965 in which six top Indonesian Army generals and a lieutenant were killed, the Army began to implement a nationwide purging campaign with the assistance of civilian anti-communist groups. Thousands of PKI members, supporters and pro-Sukarno groups/indiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yosef Djakababa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/706