The Woman with the Bayonet

The Woman with the Bayonet: America's 1832 Attack on Kuala Batu and the debate over the Sumatran Woman as Victim-Combatant

Author: Farish A. Noor
Publisher: The Biblio Press
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9786297919492
Pages: 59
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Year: 2026
Price: RM17

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.