[BIBLIO] The Woman with the Bayonet [RAK 81]

Few may realise that one of the first acts of aggression by the United States in Southeast Asia took place at Kuala Batu, Sumatra, in 1832. In this work Farish A. Noor revisits the writings and debates of the time and recounts the controversy that erupted back in the US in the wake of the attack, and how public opinion in America was deeply divided. The attack on Kuala Batu would serve as a catalyst for a host of other debates, about white masculinity, American identity and the status of Women both in the West and East.