Beyond the Pale: Dutch Extreme Violence in the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 (Hardcover)

I. Introduction 1 Background, guiding principles and methodology 2 The Netherlands and Indonesia 1945-1949. The political-historical context 3 The war in Indonesia 1945-1949. The military-historical context II. Intermezzo, Interim conclusions, The human dimension. The search for stories about the Indonesian War of Independence III. research results1 ‘Hatred of foreign elements and their "accomplices"’ Extreme violence in the first phase of the Indonesian Revolution (17 August 1945 to 31 March 1946) 2 Revolutionary worlds. Legitimacy, violence and loyalty during the Indonesian War of Independence 3 ‘Information costs lives.’ The intelligence war for Indonesia, 1945-1949 4 The myth of the ‘Dutch Method’. Heavy weapons in the Indonesian War of Independence 5 The law as a weapon. The actions of the Dutch judiciary during the Indonesian War of Independence 6 Silence, information and deception in the Indonesian War of Independence 7 Silence as a strategy. International visions of the Indonesian War of Independence 8 Beyond colonial guilt ranking. Dutch, British and French extreme violence in comparative perspective, 1945-1962 9 A guilty conscience. The painful processing of the Indonesian War of Independence in the Netherlands IV. Closing remarks Conclusions V. Epilogue Dealing with the legacies of a violent past. Notes, Abbreviations, Further reading, Acknowledgements, About the authors, Index.