United States Policy Towards Indonesia In The Truman And Eisenhower Years

Author : A. Roadnight
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781403913944

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United States Policy Towards Indonesia in the Truman and Eisenhower Years by A. Roadnight Pdf

This analysis of US policy towards Indonesian nationalism concludes that Truman's support for independence was based on his Cold War priorities and not principled backing for self-determination. It reveals how Eisenhower's New Look led to a disastrous CIA-backed intervention in 1957-58 and propelled Indonesia towards the Soviet bloc. Exposing the extent of Australian influence on US policy, this account reveals how the personal prejudices of Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles undermined the notion of rational policymaking.

Author : F. X. Baskara Tulus Wardaya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cold War
ISBN : UOM:39015067806979

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Cold War Shadow by F. X. Baskara Tulus Wardaya Pdf

Author : Robert B. Rakove
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107002906

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Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World by Robert B. Rakove Pdf

This book examines John F. Kennedy's policy of engaging states that had chosen to remain nonaligned in the Cold War.

Author : Jerald A Combs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315497273

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History of American Foreign Policy, Volume 2 by Jerald A Combs Pdf

First Published in 2017. Now thoroughly updated, this respected text provides a clear, concise, and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy from the revolutionary period to the present. This is Volume II and is from 1895. The historiographical essays at the end of each chapter have been revised to reflect the most recent scholarship. The History of American Foreign Policy chronicles events and policies with emphasis on the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate; the domestic pressures on those policy-makers; and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves.

Author : Donald E. Weatherbee
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810864054

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Historical Dictionary of United States-Southeast Asia Relations by Donald E. Weatherbee Pdf

Southeast Asia consists of the countries of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Historically, U.S. policy and diplomacy with Southeast Asia is defined by U.S. interests in the region, whether it's maintaining free lanes of communication through the South China Sea, gaining access to the resources and markets of Southeast Asia, or containing the spread of Communism. Since World War II, the U.S. has constantly been involved in conflicts in the region: providing material and financial support for France during the First Indochina War, direct involvement in the Vietnam War, providing support to Thailand during the Third Indochina War, and the declaration that Southeast Asia is the second-front in the war on terror after September 11. The Historical Dictionary of United States-Southeast Asia Relations identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of U.S.-Southeast Asia relations and places them in the context of the complex and dynamic regional strategic, political, and economic processes that have fashioned the American role in Southeast Asia. This is done through a chronology, a bibliography, an introductory essay, appendixes, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events, institutions, and organizations.

Author : See Seng Tan,Amitav Acharya
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9971693933

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Bandung Revisited by See Seng Tan,Amitav Acharya Pdf

The 1955 Asian-African conference (the "Bandung Conference") was a meeting of 29 Asian and African nations that sought to draw on Asian and African nationalism and religious traditions to forge a new international order that was neither communist nor capitalist. It led six years later to the non-aligned movement. Few would dispute the notion that the inaugural meeting in 1955 was a watershed in international history, but there is much disagreement about its long-term legacy and its significance for present-day international affairs. Determining the what, why and how of this monumental event remains a challenge for students of the Conference and of Third World international politics. Was it a post-colonial ideological reaction to the passing of the age of empire or an innovative effort to promote a new regionalism based on mutual goodwill and strong regional ties? Were its principles of peaceful coexistence a rhetorical flourish or a substantive policy initiative? Did the Conference help define North-South relations? And in what way did the Conference contribute to the regional order of contemporary Asia? -- Back cover.

Author : Jerald A Combs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317456407

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The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895 by Jerald A Combs Pdf

This important text offers a clear, concise and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy since the Spanish-American War. The book narrates events and policies but goes further to emphasize the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate, the domestic pressures on those policy-makers, and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves.

Author : Ariel Ira Ahram
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804773591

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Proxy Warriors by Ariel Ira Ahram Pdf

The book explains why some Third World states have centralized, conventional military forces while others rely on militias, paramilitaries, and other non-state actors using detailed case studies of Indonesia, Iraq, and Iran and offers policy recommendations for dealing with weak states based on this analysis.

Author : Christopher R. Moran
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748677566

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Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US by Christopher R. Moran Pdf

The first introduction to writing about intelligence and intelligence services. Secrecy has never stopped people from writing about intelligence. From memoirs and academic texts to conspiracy-laden exposes and spy novels, writing on intelligence abounds. Now, this new account uncovers intelligence historiography's hugely important role in shaping popular understandings and the social memory of intelligence. In this first introduction to these official and unofficial histories, a range of leading contributors narrate and interpret the development of intelligence studies as a discipline. Each chapter showcases new archival material, looking at a particular book or series of books and considering issues of production, censorship, representation and reception.

Author : David Van Reybrouck
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781324073703

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Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David Van Reybrouck Pdf

From the internationally best-selling writer, a masterful account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonization of the modern world. On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and, on behalf of 68 million compatriots, announced the birth of a new nation. With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after World War II. In this vivid history, renowned scholar and celebrated author of Congo David Van Reybrouck captures a period of extraordinary tumult and chaos to tell the story of Indonesia’s momentous revolution, known as the “Revolusi.” Encompassing several hundred years of history, he details the formation of the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese invasion that followed, and the young rebels who engaged in armed resistance once the occupation ended. British and Dutch troops were sent to restore order and keep peace, but instead ignited the first modern war of decolonization. America, too, became embroiled with the Indonesians’ fierce struggle for freedom. That struggle inspired independence movements in Asia, Africa, and the Arab world, especially in the wake of Indonesia’s monumental 1955 Bandung Conference, the first global conference without the West. The whole world had become involved in Revolusi, and the whole world was changed by it. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eyewitness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative, written with remarkable historical clarity and filled with tragedy and passion. A landmark history, Revolusi cements Indonesia’s struggle for independence as one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century and entirely reframes our understanding of post-colonialism.

Author : David P. Hadley
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813177380

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The Rising Clamor by David P. Hadley Pdf

The US intelligence community as it currently exists has been deeply influenced by the press. Although considered a vital overseer of intelligence activity, the press and its validity is often questioned, even by the current presidential administration. But dating back to its creation in 1947, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has benefited from relationships with members of the US press to garner public support for its activities, defend itself from its failures, and promote US interests around the world. Many reporters, editors, and publishers were willing and even eager to work with the agency, especially at the height of the Cold War. That relationship began to change by the 1960s when the press began to challenge the CIA and expose many of its questionable activities. Respected publications went from studiously ignoring the CIA's activities to reporting on the Bay of Pigs, CIA pacification programs in Vietnam, the CIA's war in Laos, and its efforts to use US student groups and a variety of other non-government organizations as Cold War tools. This reporting prompted the first major congressional investigation of the CIA in December 1974. In The Rising Clamor: The American Press, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Cold War, David P. Hadley explores the relationships that developed between the CIA and the press, its evolution over time, and its practical impact from the creation of the CIA to the first major congressional investigations of its activities in 1975–76 by the Church and Pike committees. Drawing on a combination of archival research, declassified documents, and more than 2,000 news articles, Hadley provides a balanced and considered account of the different actors in the press and CIA relationships, how their collaboration helped define public expectations of what role intelligence should play in the US government, and what an intelligence agency should be able to do.

Author : Jennet Conant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439163535

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A Covert Affair by Jennet Conant Pdf

Chronicles the iconic chef's contributions as a member of the OSS during World War II and her efforts at the side of her husband to support an agent accused of being a spy, describing how their wartime experiences shaped their characters, relationships, and ambitions.

Author : David Webster
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774863001

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Challenge the Strong Wind by David Webster Pdf

In 1975, Indonesian forces overran East Timor, which had just declared independence from Portugal. The occupation lasted twenty-four years. Challenge the Strong Wind recounts the evolution of Canadian government policy toward East Timor during that period. Canada initially followed key allies in endorsing Indonesian rule, but Canadian civil society groups promoted an alternative foreign policy that focused on self-determination and human rights. Ottawa eventually yielded to pressure from these NGOs and pushed like-minded countries to join it in supporting Timorese self-determination. David Webster draws on untapped government and non-government archival sources, demonstrating that a clear-eyed view of international history must include both state and non-state perspectives.

Author : David Webster
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774859158

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Fire and the Full Moon by David Webster Pdf

Our image of Canada’s postwar foreign policy is dominated by the Cold War, while the story of Canada’s response to decolonization in the Global South is less well known. This book explores Canadian-Indonesian relations to determine whether Canada’s postwar foreign policy was guided by an overarching set of altruistic principles. It shows that Canada remained a loyal member of the Western alliance. Canada wanted developing countries to follow its own non-revolutionary model of decolonization and paid little attention to violations of human rights. Webster’s reassessment of Canada’s foreign-policy objectives in Indonesia, and of its own national image, will appeal to students of diplomatic history interested in Asia and the developing world.

Author : Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney,Fabio Lanza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136184079

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De-Centering Cold War History by Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney,Fabio Lanza Pdf

De-Centering Cold War History challenges the Cold War master narratives that focus on super-power politics by shifting our analytical perspective to include local-level experiences and regional initiatives that were crucial to the making of a Cold War world. Cold War histories are often told as stories of national leaders, state policies and the global confrontation that pitted a Communist Eastern Bloc against a Capitalist West. Taking a new analytical approach this book reveals unexpected complexities in the historical trajectory of the Cold War. Contributions from an international group of scholars take a fresh look at historical agency in different places across the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. This collaborative effort shapes a street-level history of the global Cold War era, one that uses the analysis of the 'local' to rethink and reframe the wider picture of the 'global', connecting the political negotiations of individuals and communities at the intersection of places and of meeting points between 'ordinary' people and political elites to the Cold War at large. Essential reading for all students of Cold War history.