Subversion as Foreign Policy: The Secret Eisenhower and Dulles Debacle in Indonesia
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295997710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Based on access to secret documents and interviews with many of the participants, Subversion as Foreign Policy is an extraordinary account of civil war in Indonesia provoked by President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and resulting in the killing of thousands of Indonesians and the destruction of much of the country's air force and navy."This startling new book reveals a covert intervention by the United States in Indonesia in the late 1950s involving, among other things, the supply of thousands of weapons, the creation and deployment of a secret CIA air force and logistical support from the Seventh Fleet. And this CIA operation proved to be even more disastrous than the Bay of Pigs". -- Journal of Asian Studies"Subversion as Foreign Policy is a remarkable
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"Chapter and Verse on the Dulles's Bloody Cold War Games in Indonesia" according to Judith M. Heimann. Written by two of the most knowledgeable academics of the period they are writing about -- the 1950s and '60s -- which were the height of the Cold War era and the late years of the Sukarno presidency in Indonesia, this book is surprisingly lively and easy to read, despite being as carefully buttressed by fact and documentary sources as the most professorial of publications. I think what makes the book s. Five Stars The book came in good condition!
From Publishers Weekly In 1957, President Eisenhower, his secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, and the CIA--unbeknownst to Congress or to the American public--launched a massive covert military operation in Indonesia. The CIA, run by Allen Dulles, the brother of the secretary of state, funneled financial support and weapons to rebel colonels on the islands outside Java, seat of the government. Its aims were to topple or weaken Indonesia's populist President Sukarno, viewed as too friendly toward Indonesia's Communist Party, and to cripple the Indonesian army. Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Historian Audrey Kahin, editor of the journal Indonesia, and Cornell professor of international studies George Kahin have written a disturbing,