In this contribution, the authors want to offer a first response to the observation that research about the use of heavy weapons in the Dutch-Indonesian War yet shows major lacunae. In order to put the Dutch deployment of this ‘indirect fire’, primarily by artillery and fighter planes, into context, the authors first examine how other military forces used heavy arms in the same period as part of regular and irregular wars. In the case of Indonesia, they analyse the use of what is also termed ‘technical violence’ in the Dutch debate and they take a closer look at the ‘Wonosari incident’. They conclude that the Dutch militaries used technical violence in similar ways as other military forces, and they question the common assumption that indir...
Decolonization and the origins of ‘excessive’ violence: Dutch military operations in Indonesia (1945...
This article discusses the recruitment and first deployment of Dutch ‘war volunteers’ as a part of t...
There is but a limited scholarship on photographic sources from the Dutch military actions during th...
In the last decade, a heated public debate broke out in the Netherlands about the extreme violence t...
Challenging the colonial perspective: researching the war in Indonesia 1945-1949 with Indonesian sou...
The Indonesian war of independence has long been referred to in the Netherlands by the veiled propag...
On 17 August 1945, two days after the Japanese surrender that also brought an end to the Second Worl...
On 17 August 1945, two days after the Japanese surrender that also brought an end to the Second Worl...
A recent strand of research in genocide studies emphasizes the intimate connections and the porous b...
First published online 18 June, 2014Whether out of historical interest, romantic identification wit...
For a long time, the war in Indonesia and the extreme violence used by the Dutch troops were not a s...
The Indonesian War of Independence (1945–1949) and the Dutch attempt to combat the insurgency campai...
Al is het volgend jaar 75 jaar geleden dat Indonesië zich onafhankelijk van Nederland verklaarde en ...
Since the end of the twentieth century, more and more countries have been confronted with how to dea...
The Indonesian War of Independence (1945–1949) and the Dutch attempt to combat the insurgency campai...
Decolonization and the origins of ‘excessive’ violence: Dutch military operations in Indonesia (1945...
This article discusses the recruitment and first deployment of Dutch ‘war volunteers’ as a part of t...
There is but a limited scholarship on photographic sources from the Dutch military actions during th...
In the last decade, a heated public debate broke out in the Netherlands about the extreme violence t...
Challenging the colonial perspective: researching the war in Indonesia 1945-1949 with Indonesian sou...
The Indonesian war of independence has long been referred to in the Netherlands by the veiled propag...
On 17 August 1945, two days after the Japanese surrender that also brought an end to the Second Worl...
On 17 August 1945, two days after the Japanese surrender that also brought an end to the Second Worl...
A recent strand of research in genocide studies emphasizes the intimate connections and the porous b...
First published online 18 June, 2014Whether out of historical interest, romantic identification wit...
For a long time, the war in Indonesia and the extreme violence used by the Dutch troops were not a s...
The Indonesian War of Independence (1945–1949) and the Dutch attempt to combat the insurgency campai...
Al is het volgend jaar 75 jaar geleden dat Indonesië zich onafhankelijk van Nederland verklaarde en ...
Since the end of the twentieth century, more and more countries have been confronted with how to dea...
The Indonesian War of Independence (1945–1949) and the Dutch attempt to combat the insurgency campai...
Decolonization and the origins of ‘excessive’ violence: Dutch military operations in Indonesia (1945...
This article discusses the recruitment and first deployment of Dutch ‘war volunteers’ as a part of t...
There is but a limited scholarship on photographic sources from the Dutch military actions during th...