The Jakarta Method - Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ

“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the 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.

About the author

Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist. He covered Southeast Asia for the Washington Post after serving as the Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. Bevins previously worked for the Financial Times and now contributes to outlets like the New York Times Magazine and the London Review of Books. He is also the author of If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.

Summary

The hidden story of the wanton slaughter - in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world - backed by the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Bevins
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2021
• EAN: 9781541724006
• ISBN: 978-1-5417-2400-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 214 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 350 g
• Illustrations: 2 Graphs; 2 Tables, black & white; 1 Maps
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Latin America / South America