‘“Liever geen onderzoek”: hoe schandalen over koloniaal geweld in de Britse en Nederlandse politiek onschadelijk gemaakt konden worden (1945-1960) [“Preferably No Inquiry”: how scandals about colonial violence have been managed and politically defused in British and Dutch politics],’

In this forum contribution Huw Bennett and Peter Romijn compare how British and Dutch authorities have dealt with reports on atrocities committed systematically by their own troops in the armed conflicts of decolonisation in Kenya and Indonesia, respectively. This comparison demonstrates the differences that existed in the Dutch and British dealing with and manipulation of information, the organisation of disinformation and the management of scandals, owing to the particular nature of the political and colonial systems in both empires. Despite these differences, it is clear that both the Briti... Mehr ...