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In surveying the most recent histories of the events, along with declassified documents and witness statements, Vincent Bevins posits that the mass killings in mid-1960s Indonesia were not necessarily an isolated incident and serves as the apex of "a loose network of U.S.-backed anti-communist extermination programs" which emerged around the ...
Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66: 1965 October – 1966 March Throughout Indonesia: 500,000–1,000,000+ Massacre of the members of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) and alleged communist sympathizers in revenge for the 30 September Movement. East Timor genocide: 1975–1999 East Timor (then under Indonesian occupation as the East ...
An estimated 500,000 people were killed during a purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia, in one of the largest mass-killings of the 20th century. General Suharto came to control of the Indonesian military and then the government following a failed coup d'état on September 30, 1965.
Pages in category "Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World is a 2020 political history book by American journalist and author Vincent Bevins. It concerns U.S. government support for and complicity in anti-communist mass killings around the world and their aggregate consequences from the Cold War ...
Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966 (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Massacres committed by Indonesia" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The mass killings continued unabated as Indonesian forces advanced on the Fretilin-held mountain regions of East Timor. A Timorese guide for a senior Indonesian officer told former Australian consul to Portuguese Timor James Dunn that during the early months of the fighting TNI troops "killed most Timorese they encountered."
Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966 (3 C, 8 P) Massacres of the Indonesian National Revolution (7 P) M. Massacres in the Dutch East Indies (1 C, 6 P)