Title: The Jakarta Method
Description: 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.
Subjects: United states, history, United states, politics and government, history, Nonfiction, Politics, Political science, Genocide, War crimes, United states, central intelligence agency, Anti-Communist movements, Developing countries, Autonomy and Independence movements, Political violence, Cold War, Foreign relations
Places: Indonesia, Latin America, United States, China, Soviet Union, Brazil, Chile, Jakarta (Indonesia), Washington (D.C.)
People: Vincent Bevins
Time periods: Cold war, 1965, 20th century