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The Dutch Sherlock
Forty Years of Detective Work by the Famous Dutch Forensic Pioneer Co van Ledden Hulsebosch
2024 || Paperback || Maurice Aalders e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
In 1945, Co van Ledden Hulsebosch, the famous Dutch forensic pioneer published his memoires ‘Forty Years of Detective Work’. He quickly became a well-known figure, a forensic celebrity even. His nickname, ‘the Magician of the North’ illustrated his popularity. Now, almost eighty years later, forensic scientists and experts from the Netherlands embrace the latest AI technology to disclose the unique tales of the first use of forensic science in the Netherlands to a broad audience. Be a...
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Merdeka
The Struggle for Indonesian Independence and the Republic’s Precarious Rise, 1945–1950
2024 || Hardcover || Harry Poeze e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
Under the slogan ‘Merdeka!’, the Republic of Indonesia rushed into a battle for independence – a struggle whose outcome no one could predict. Harry Poeze and Henk Schulte Nordholt provide a new narrative about the revolution, focusing not only on the fight against the Dutch but also on the precarious rise of the Republic."
After the horrors of the Japanese occupation, the Republican leaders needed to somehow build a new state. From the Dutch side, they had to deal with short-sighted pol...