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The Dutch Counterinsurgency Approach: Political And Military Lessons, George Dimitriu, Beatrice De Graaf
The Dutch Counterinsurgency Approach: Political And Military Lessons, George Dimitriu, Beatrice De Graaf
George Dimitriu
In the past, military defeat has led to resignations of Ministers of Defence. But in February 2010, it was the first time that a ruling party in the Netherlands, the social democrat party (Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA), brought down the coalition government, as a protest against extending a military mission. This historical moment even inspired the Taliban to congratulate the social democrats: ‘We congratulate the Dutch for this courageous and independent decision,’ said Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi. The Taliban expressed the hope that other countries would follow the Dutch example. After four years of intensive commitment to the …
Constructing Indigenousness In The Late Modern World, Robert Cribb, Li Narangoa
Constructing Indigenousness In The Late Modern World, Robert Cribb, Li Narangoa
Robert Cribb
Examines changing meanings of the term 'indigenous" in relation to other ideas that have been valued in various (mainly Western) philosophical system, such as priority, attachment to the land, and technical knowledge.
Region, Academic Dynamics And Promise Of Comparativism, Robert Cribb
Region, Academic Dynamics And Promise Of Comparativism, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Argues for setting Southeast Asia in a broach comparative studies framework.
Environmentalism In Indonesian Politics, Robert Cribb
Environmentalism In Indonesian Politics, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Environmential politics emerged in Indonesia during the autheoritarian Suharto era. Rather than being a reaction to Suharto's predatory approach to the environment, many environmental policies were closely tied to the managerial, technocratic and campaign-oriented approach of the New Order.
Military Strategy In The Indonesian Revolution: Nasution's 'Total People's War' In Theory And Practice, Robert Cribb
Military Strategy In The Indonesian Revolution: Nasution's 'Total People's War' In Theory And Practice, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Analyses the guerrilla strategy of General A.H. Nasution, architect of Indonesia's guerrilla resistance to the Dutch in the late 1940s and finds that his strategy, unlike that of Mao or Giap, involved keeping the mass of the poeple at arm's length from the guerrilla army.
Birds Of Paradise And Environmental Politics In Colonial Indonesia, 1890-1931, Robert Cribb
Birds Of Paradise And Environmental Politics In Colonial Indonesia, 1890-1931, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Pressure to protect the bird of paradise, native to New Guinea and eastern Indonesia, began to develop in the late nineteenth century. Progress was slow, partly because lack of knowledge of the ecology of the birds made it difficult to assess the best way to provide protection, partly because of problems of enforcement, partly because of countervailing interests represented by the trade in pelts.
The Nationalist World Of Occupied Jakarta, 1946-1949, Robert Cribb
The Nationalist World Of Occupied Jakarta, 1946-1949, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Describes the atmosphere in Jakarta during the Dutch occupation, 1946-1949.