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

The Jakarta method : Washington's anticommunist crusade and 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 and Korea. Violence in Indonesia, and then interconnected slaughters across Latin America, arguably had a bigger hand in shaping today's world, but have been widel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bevins, Vincent (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, Hatchette Book Group, [2020]
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century.
Anti-communist movements > Developing countries > History > 20th century.
Autonomy and independence movements > History > 20th century.
Political violence > Developing countries > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Developing countries > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Developing countries.
Indonesia > History > Coup d'état, 1965.
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?