ISBN: 1541724011 9781541724013

Category: Political Science / Genocide & War Crimes

Page count: 320

<b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE <i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i>, AND <i>GQ</i></b><br><br><b>“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (<i>Wall Street Journal</i>) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world</b><br><br> 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.<br>  <br> 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. <i>The Jakarta Method</i> demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington’s final triumph in the Cold War.