The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
May 2020 · Hachette UK
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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 U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful.
In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-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.
“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 U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful.
In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-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.
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January 26, 2024
Kalau kata anak sekarang, membaca buku ini bagai diterjang tsunami fakta, apalagi untuk saya yang awam terhadap politik internasional. Saya baru tau US launched attack in several cities in Indonesia to create internal conflict, to weaken Soekarno gov stability in 1953, but failed. Freeport masuk Indonesia cuma beberapa hari setelah kekuasaan berpindah dari Soekarno ke Soeharto. Bahwa Jakarta jadi nama/kode untuk anticommunist mass murder movement in Latin America, backed by US. This is a book to understand why and how that bloodiest anticommunist program that killed one million civilians happened in Indonesia 1965-1966. Highly recommended biar ga kemakan isu komunis yada yada. Tapi saya masih bertanya-tanya kok bisa sampai segitunya banget Washington and its allies are untroubled by shedding the blood of unarmed civilians to instill influence and/or to take economical advantage.
Tim Luckin
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August 13, 2023
An excellent read. shocking, Sad, emotional, fascinating, educational its hard to explain. If you have any connection to Indonesia, Asia or Latin America this will give you some kind of understanding as to the world we live in today.
Rudi H
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December 25, 2020
One of the must read book for all the cold war historian. Simply mindblowing and eye opening that one of the biggest cold war front won by the United States without needing to send their troops there.
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About the author
Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist. He covered Southeast Asia for the Washington Post, based in Jakarta, after serving as Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and working at the Financial Times in London. He is also the author of If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. Vincent lives in São Paulo.
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