The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
"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.
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Maybe will write more later, I cannot conjure up words.. but must read.
This should be required reading.
If you've ever wondered why there is so much unrest, destruction, oppression, etc. in Southeast Asia and Central and South America...the call is coming from inside the house.
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