repressief optreden (English: “repressive 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 responding to resistance with repression.
Translation
repressive military action
Description
Dutch military posture of responding to resistance with repression. Characteristic of the period up to and including Swart’s early governorship (1908-1918), then transitioning to preventive action.
Significance
The term repressief optreden 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. 42.