American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia
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American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia

US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism 1920-1949

  1. 382 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia

US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism 1920-1949

About this book

A revealing reassessment of the American government's position towards Indonesia's struggle for independence

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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Preface and Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations and Glossary
  4. Introduction
  5. CHAPTER ONE. American Foreign Policy and the End of Dutch Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia: An Overview
  6. CHAPTER TWO. “It’s 1776 in Indonesia”
  7. CHAPTER THREE. The United States and the Dutch East Indies:The Celebration of Capitalism in East and West during the 1920’s
  8. CHAPTER FOUR. American Visions of Colonial Indonesia from the Great Depression to the Growing Fear of Japan, 1930-1938
  9. CHAPTER FIVE. The Specter of Japan and America’s Recognition of the Indonesian Archipelago’s Strategic Importance, 1938-1945
  10. CHAPTER SIX. The Politics of Independence in the Republik Indonesia and International Reactions, 1945-1949
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Emerging Cold War and American Perspectives on Decolonization in Southeast Asia in the Postwar Era
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT. Indonesia’s Struggle for Independence and the Outside World: England,Australia, and the United States in Search of a Peaceful Solution
  13. CHAPTER NINE. Armed Conflict, the United Nations’ Good Offices Committee, and the Renville Agreement: America’s Involvement in Trying to Reach a Settlement
  14. CHAPTER TEN. Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia and Indonesian Politics: US Foreign Policy Adrift during the Course of 1948
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Rescuing the Republic’s Moderates from Soviet Communism: Washington’s Conversion to Unequivocal Support of Indonesia’s Independence
  16. Epilogue
  17. Archival Sources and Selective Bibliography
  18. Sources of Illustrations
  19. Notes
  20. Index