Assignment question In the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-66, there was a purge of the Indonesian Communist Party and people perceived to be communists. Scholars estimated that between 500,000 and over a million Indonesians were killed. Answer this question: Was this massacre of 1965-66 primarily a local conflict, or another manifestation of the global Cold War? Consider not just the event of 1965-66, but also the dynamics that shaped Indonesia from independence in 1949 to the mid-1960s. Your essay should make use of all three written sources listed above: (1) for details on the global Cold War, (2) for broad developments in Indonesia from independence onward, and (3) for specific details on the 1965-66 killings.
