I've been interested in my country's own history, I've recently watched The Act of Killing(2012) about the people employed to kill millions of Indonesians affiliated with the communist party. It seems the Indonesian curricula has massively dissapointed me, history during this time was massively glanced over. There were no deep dive into the why, how, and what happened on the 30th of September 1965. It seems that what's being thaught is also massively outdated. Please help me. Does the book "Pretext for Mass Murder" paint a better picture? I've heard about the recently released documents by The U.S government that sheds light on how the U.S. was complicit and actually helped the military take over Sukarno's government. Is that a good start?
Can someone give me a list of books and the order to read them?
Well, i will give you one of the most recent news regarding '65. Just few days ago, there was a report which provided the proof that the West German government gave financial aid towards Indonesia to conduct the mass killing
"t-online.de hat umfangreiche Dokumente aus den Beständen des Bundesnachrichtendienstes ausgewertet, die eine Kooperation der Bundesrepublik mit den Militärs belegen. Eine Akte etwa schildert Überlegungen, die Putschisten heimlich mit 1,2 Millionen D-Mark zu finanzieren. Ein Dokument aus anderer Quelle legt nahe, dass Gelder flossen – und der spätere Bundespräsident Karl Carstens dafür verantwortlich sein könnte"
You can find the article here : https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/krisen/id_86930860/genozid-in-indonesien-operation-foehrenwald-und-deutschlands-heimliche-hilfe.html?fbclid=IwAR10Bygw7Pte9JsT1iJxZO5urD0JEpHGHRoZY0nKR8Dvk-OXPU-gBIsYfVU
As for the Cornell Paper, whether it is true or not, maybe only Ben Anderson and those who composed it could tell you.
Also, it will be beneficial for you to read some alternative medias regarding orba, even though it will not give you the answer about '65, but at least you will get a new perspective which will lead to better judgement. Try to google Tabloid Tapol, it was a London based publication founded by Carmel Budiardjo which mostly talked about the political prisoners of '65. Another tabloid which is also very imteresting-should you be able to find it- is API (Api Pemuda Indonesia), a Tirana based publication in the 70s lead by Jusuf Adjitorop.