The Jakarta Method

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Vincent BevinsPaperback, 352 pages9781541724006 Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians—eliminating the largest Communist Party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring other copycat terror programs. 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, it’s 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 Washington’s final triumph in the Cold War. Contents1 A New American Age2 Independent Indonesia3 Feet to the Fire, Pope in the Sky4 An Alliance for Progress5 To Brazil and Back6 The September 30th Movement7 Extermination8 Around the World9 Jakarta Is Coming10 Back Up North11 We Are the Champions12 Where Are They Now? And Where Are We?Appendix 1. Data Table: The World in 1960Appendix 2. Data Table: The World TodayAppendix 3. Global Inequality: Chart OneAppendix 4. Global Inequality: Chart Two Show more