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The Jakarta method Washington's anticommunist crusade & the mass murder program that shaped our world

"In the 20th century, the U.S. government's effort to contain communism resulted in several disastrous conflicts: Vietnam, Cuba, Korea. Violence in Indonesia, and then interconnected slaughters across Latin America, arguably had a bigger hand in shaping today's world, but have been widely overlooked...

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Main Author: Bevins, Vincent (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Edition:First trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Espionage, American > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Anti-communist movements > Developing countries > History > 20th century.
Autonomy and independence movements > History > 20th century.
Political violence > Developing countries > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > Developing countries.
Indonesia > History > Coup d'état, 1965.
Indonesia > History > 1950-1966.
South America > History > 20th century.
Developing countries > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
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Table of Contents:
  • A new American age
  • Independent Indonesia
  • Feet to the fire, pope in the sky
  • An alliance for progress
  • To Brazil and back
  • The September 30th Movement
  • Extermination
  • Around the world
  • Jakarta is coming
  • Back up north
  • We are the champions
  • Where are they now? And where are we?
  • Appendix 1: Data table: the world in 1960
  • Appendix 2: Data table: the world today
  • Appendix 3: Global inequality: chart one
  • Appendix 4: Global inequality: chart two
  • Appendix 5: Map: anticommunist extermination programs, 1945-2000.

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