The Motif of Resistance in the History of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam

August 19, 2003

Anthony Reid
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

 

ONCE again the people of Aceh are suffering from war, military occupation and dislocation. Once again their neighbors wonder what makes them so stubborn. Why not, like the rest of us, accept the realities of power in an imperfect world, and make the best of life within the boundaries that history has drawn? Can they not see that resistance is both futile and destructive

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