The Jakarta Method
Vincent Bevins
Paperback, 352 pages
9781541724006
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Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
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In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civiliansāeliminating the largest Communist Party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring other copycat terror programs.
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In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins draws from recently declassified documents, archival research, and eyewitness testimony to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, itās been believed that the developing world passed peacefully into the US-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washingtonās final triumph in the Cold War.
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Contents
1 A New American Age
2 Independent Indonesia
3 Feet to the Fire, Pope in the Sky
4 An Alliance for Progress
5 To Brazil and Back
6 The September 30th Movement
7 Extermination
8 Around the World
9 Jakarta Is Coming
10 Back Up North
11 We Are the Champions
12 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
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The Jakarta Method
The Jakarta Method
Vincent Bevins
Paperback, 352 pages
9781541724006
Ā
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
Ā
In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civiliansāeliminating the largest Communist Party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring other copycat terror programs.
Ā
In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins draws from recently declassified documents, archival research, and eyewitness testimony to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, itās been believed that the developing world passed peacefully into the US-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washingtonās final triumph in the Cold War.
Ā
Contents
1 A New American Age
2 Independent Indonesia
3 Feet to the Fire, Pope in the Sky
4 An Alliance for Progress
5 To Brazil and Back
6 The September 30th Movement
7 Extermination
8 Around the World
9 Jakarta Is Coming
10 Back Up North
11 We Are the Champions
12 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
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Vincent Bevins
Paperback, 352 pages
9781541724006
Ā
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
Ā
In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civiliansāeliminating the largest Communist Party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring other copycat terror programs.
Ā
In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins draws from recently declassified documents, archival research, and eyewitness testimony to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, itās been believed that the developing world passed peacefully into the US-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washingtonās final triumph in the Cold War.
Ā
Contents
1 A New American Age
2 Independent Indonesia
3 Feet to the Fire, Pope in the Sky
4 An Alliance for Progress
5 To Brazil and Back
6 The September 30th Movement
7 Extermination
8 Around the World
9 Jakarta Is Coming
10 Back Up North
11 We Are the Champions
12 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
