Pénétration pacifique is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Marshal Lyautey’s quoted doctrine: ‘Wegenaanleg is de ware pénétration pacifique’ - road construction is the true peaceful penetration.
Description
Marshal Lyautey’s quoted doctrine: ‘Wegenaanleg is de ware pénétration pacifique’ - road construction is the true peaceful penetration. Where the road begins, hostilities cease; the population’s interests are so served that they have too much to lose to cause serious difficulties.
Significance
The term Pénétration pacifique is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
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. 412.