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Selected Works

Robert Cribb

Selected Works

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Indonesia As An Archipelago: Managing Islands, Managing The Seas, Robert Cribb, Michele Ford Dec 2008

Indonesia As An Archipelago: Managing Islands, Managing The Seas, Robert Cribb, Michele Ford

Robert Cribb

Indonesia's archipelagic character shapes its identity.

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Unresolved Problems In The Indonesian Killings Of 1965-1966, Robert Cribb Jun 2002

Unresolved Problems In The Indonesian Killings Of 1965-1966, Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

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How Many Deaths? Problems In The Statistics Of Massacre In Indonesia (1965-1966) And East Timor (1975-1980), Robert Cribb Dec 2000

How Many Deaths? Problems In The Statistics Of Massacre In Indonesia (1965-1966) And East Timor (1975-1980), Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

The chapter critically examines the scanty evidence for the number of people to die in the massacres carried out by the Indonesian army in Indonesia during the suppression of the Indonesian Communist Party in 1965-66 and in East Timor duting the first five years after the indonesian invasion and occupation (1975-80). The chapter concludes that the death toll in Indonesia lay between 200,000 and 800,000, with a figure of 500,000 the current most plausible estimate. It concludes that the common estmate of 200,000 deaths by violence in East Timor is likely to be a significant exaggeration and that the likely …

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From Petrus To Ninja: Death Squads In Indonesia, Robert Cribb Dec 1999

From Petrus To Ninja: Death Squads In Indonesia, Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

Discusses the so-called petrus killings by death squads in Indonesia in 1983-83 and makes comparisons with the stories of killings by 'ninja' around the time of Suharto's fall from power in 1998.

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Development Policy In The Early 20th Century [Indonesia], Robert Cribb Dec 1992

Development Policy In The Early 20th Century [Indonesia], Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

Chapter discussed the Dutch Ethical Policy in early 20th century Indonesia. The programme was the first sustained programme of tropical development in world history, but it foundered from lack of funds and from inflated expectations which led to disappointment with the outcomes.

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Problems In The Historiography Of The Killings In Indonesia, Robert Cribb Dec 1990

Problems In The Historiography Of The Killings In Indonesia, Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

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The Adventures Of Captain Mulyono: Indonesian Intelligence Operations In Kalimantan, 1946-1948, Robert Cribb Dec 1985

The Adventures Of Captain Mulyono: Indonesian Intelligence Operations In Kalimantan, 1946-1948, Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

Translation (with introduction and annotations) of the interrogation report of an Indonesian intelligence officer operating in Dutch-occupied Kalimantan (Borneo) during the Indonesian Revolution. The account provides information on Republican intelligence organization and its internal tensions, and indicates the practical difficulties faced by intelligence officers. The ease with which Mulyono, a Javanese, operated amongst the people of Kalimantan, however, reflects the strength of Indonesian national identity.

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