This analysis of US policy toward Indonesian nationalism argues 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 toward 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.
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While Washington's strategic and economic priorities, as well as its attitude to decolonisation, were important factors in postwar US relations with the Netherlands East Indies (NEI), the Truman Administration could not ignore the context of America's prewar connections with the colony, which, in the years before the outbreak of hostilities in the Pacific, were strictly limited and based largely on trade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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State Department, West Irian, Southeast Asia, Truman Administration, Secretary of State, Security Council, Sastroamidjojo Government, Indonesian President, Prime Minister, Cochran Plan, Eisenhower Administration, Guided Democracy, United States, Netherlands Government, Renville Agreement, Dutch Government, Foreign Minister, Linggadjati Agreement, General Assembly, United Nations, Korean War, Allen Dulles, Far East, Manila Pact, Beel Plan New!
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While Washington's strategic and economic priorities, as well as its attitude to decolonisation, were important factors in postwar US relations with the Netherlands East Indies (NEI), the Truman Administration could not ignore the context of America's prewar connections with the colony, which, in the years before the outbreak of hostilities in the Pacific, were strictly limited and based largely on trade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
second police action Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
State Department, West Irian, Southeast Asia, Truman Administration, Secretary of State, Security Council, Sastroamidjojo Government, Indonesian President, Prime Minister, Cochran Plan, Eisenhower Administration, Guided Democracy, United States, Netherlands Government, Renville Agreement, Dutch Government, Foreign Minister, Linggadjati Agreement, General Assembly, United Nations, Korean War, Allen Dulles, Far East, Manila Pact, Beel Plan New!
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- Sukarno: An Autobiography by Sukarno in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Cold War by Richard B. Taylor in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Limits of Empire by Robert J. McMahon on page 192, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The War Against Japan (United States Army in World War II) by Center of Military History United States Army in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Trade and Aid (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science) by Professor Burton Kaufman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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