{"product_id":"pretext-for-mass-murder-the-september-30th-movement-and-suhartos-coup-detat-in-indonesia-9780299220341","title":"Pretext for Mass Murder  The September 30th","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 defeated as the senior surviving general drove the movement's partisans out of Jakarta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is essential reading for students of modern Indonesian history, and for anyone interested in political violence, the role of the military in politics, and U.S. foreign policy. - Geoffrey Robinson, UCLA \"\"Roosa takes readers into that fascinating hyper-heated political atmosphere of Sukarno's Indonesia.... His account shows how the bloody denouement of October 1965 was the sum of these tensions - rival military factions, maneuvers by special units within the Communist Party, and the efforts of foreign intelligence agencies to manipulate these divisions. Lucid, thoughtful, and engaging, this is a brilliant, strikingly original analysis.\"\" - Alfred W. McCoy, author of A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terror, series editor","brand":"MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534931427671,"sku":"9780299220341","price":19.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780299220341.jpg?v=1755858131","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pretext-for-mass-murder-the-september-30th-movement-and-suhartos-coup-detat-in-indonesia-9780299220341","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}