Voorbij het koloniale perspectief: Indonesische bronnen en het onderzoek naar de oorlog in Indonesië, 1945-1949

Challenging the colonial perspective: researching the war in Indonesia 1945-1949 with Indonesian sources Dutch historiography on the Indonesian War of Independence (1945-1949) has until this day remained almost exclusively dependent on Dutch primary sources. This article offers a first survey of new insights that can be gained by studying Indonesian archival records. Using several case studies of Dutch military violence, it sheds new light on four key aspects of counterinsurgent violence in the age of decolonization: the distinction between ‘civilians’ and ‘combatants’; the role of ‘low-key vi... Mehr ...