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- Title
Double-Edged Sword: Indonesian Personnel in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
- Authors
Jones, Mark C.
- Abstract
This article examines the Royal Netherlands Navy's (Koninklijke Marine, KM) use of Indonesian personnel. It considers why and how the KM employed indigenous personnel and how this usage impacted the KM's effectiveness as a military service. The article argues that the decision to use Indonesian personnel in naval forces in the Netherlands East Indies resulted in a peacetime advantage in terms of numbers of sailors on duty but ultimately a disadvantage in times of crisis when Indonesian sailors acted against the interests of the Netherlands state.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS naval history; INDONESIANS; MILITARY service; DUTCH colonies; HISTORY of the Netherlands; INTERWAR Period (1918-1939)
- Publication
Journal of Military History, 2024, Vol 88, Issue 3, p714
- ISSN
0899-3718
- Publication type
Article