preventief militair optreden (English: “preventive military action”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Dutch military posture of preventing resistance before it develops, replacing the repressive approach during Swart’s governorship (1908-1918).
Translation
preventive military action
Description
Dutch military posture of preventing resistance before it develops, replacing the repressive approach during Swart’s governorship (1908-1918).
Significance
The term preventief militair optreden is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
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Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 42.