...Robert W. Hefner Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia . By Zachary Abuza . Asia Security Studies. New York : Routledge , 2007 . x , 162 pp. $150.00 (cloth). Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia . By John T. Sidel . Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University...

... Hindus burned to death, most observers have argued that the response was not commensurate with the attack, and, of course, it targeted not the criminals who may have set the fire, but a community of Muslims 100 miles away. Riot Politics: Hindu-Muslim Violence and the Indian State . By Ward...

...Robert W. Hefner Roots of Violence in Indonesia: Contemporary Violence in Historical Perspective . Edited by Freek Colombijn and J. Thomas Lindblad . Leiden : KITLV Press ; Singapore: ISEAS, 2002 . vi, 348 pp. $27.50 (paper). Violence and Vengeance: Discontent and Conflict...

...Douglas E. Streusand Science, Development and Violence: The Revolt against Modernity . By Claude Alvares . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1992 . ix, 186 pp. $16.95. Class, State and Development in India . Edited by Berch Berberoglu . New Delhi : Sage Publications , 1992...

...Steve Beers The Contours of Mass Violence in Indonesia, 1965–68 . Edited by Douglas Kammen and Katherine McGregor . Honolulu : Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with University of Hawai‘i Press , 2012 . xii, 305 pp. $30.00 (paper). Truth Will Out: Indonesian...

... have been relatively far between. Fortunately, there is little overlap between these three exciting new studies. Memory, Violence, Queues: Lu Xun Interprets China . By Eva Shan Chou . Ann Arbor, Mich. : Association for Asian Studies , 2012 . viii, 333 pp. $25.00 (paper). Lu Xun's...

...D. Mackenzie Brown Conquest of Violence—The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict . By Joan V. Bondurant . Princeton : Princeton University Press . 1958 . xv, 269 . Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $5.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1959 1959 BOOK REVIEWS 521...

...Myron Weiner Abstract Violence, non-violent civil disobedience, and mass demonstrations have been a part of Indian politics since independence; indeed, even before 1947. Occasionally these outbursts are truly spontaneous, and, when they are, they may be accounted for by the hypothesis that more...

...Wayne Wilcox Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict . Revised edition. By Joan Bondurant . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1965 . xxiii, 271 , Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index. $1.75. Paper. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...Patricio N. Abinales Madonnas and Martyrs: Militarism and Violence in the Philippines . By Anne-Marie Hilsdon . St. Leonards, NSW : Allen and Unwin , 1995 . xiv, 224 pp. $24.95 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998...

...Thomas Clayton Propaganda, Politics, and Violence in Cambodia: Democratic Transition under United Nations Peace-keeping . Edited by Steven Heder and Judy Ledgerwood . Armonk, N.Y. : M. E. Sharpe , 1996 . xix, 277 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association...

...E. Valentine Daniel The Colors of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict . By Sudhir Kakar . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1996 . xiv, 217 pp. $42.00 (cloth); $14.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 1132 THE JOURNAL...

...Arjun Guneratne Theft of an Idol: Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence . By Paul R. Brass . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1997 . xvi, 298 pp. $55.00(cloth); $17.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 248...

...Ajay Skaria Violence and Truth: A Rajasthani Kingdom Confronts Colonial Authority . By Denis Vidal . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1997 . xiv, 244 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 884 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES of good profit margins...

...Greg Acciaioli Showing Signs of Violence. The Cultural Politics of a Twentieth-Century Headhunting Ritual . By Kenneth M. George . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1996 . xvi, 339 pp. $48.00 (cloth); $18.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997...

...Paul B. Watt A Poisonous Cocktail? Aum Shinrikyō's Path to Violence . By Ian Reader . Copenhagen : NIAS Books , 1996 . 116 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 802 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES dehistoricized notion of culture as ethnic consciousness...

...Pascal Bourdeaux The First Vietnam War: Violence, Sovereignty, and the Fracture of the South, 1945–1956 . By Shawn F. McHale . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2021 . 350 pp. ISBN: 9781108936392 . © 2023 Association for Asian Studies 2023 Why, in May 1954, did...

...Sarah Jane Moore Violence and Crime in India: A Quantitative Study . By Baldev Raj Nayar . Delhi : Macmillan Company of India , 1975 . xii, 150 pp. Tables, Figures, Appendix, Bibliography, Index. Rs. 40.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1979 1979 4°6 JOURNAL...

...Cheah Boon Kheng Conflict and Violence in Singapore and Malaysia, 1945–1983 . By Richard Clutterbuck . Boulder, Colo. : Westview , 1985 . 412 pp. List of Abbreviations, Maps, Figures, Endnotes, Bibliography. $24.. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1986 1986 BOOK...

...Paul F. Power Gandhi against Machiavellism: Non-Violence in Politics . By Simone Panter-Brick . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1967 . viii , 240 pp. Index. $6.50. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1968 1968 418 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES een twenties...