{"product_id":"the-jakarta-method-washingtons-anticommunist-crusade-and-the-mass-murder-program-that-shaped-our-world-vincent-bevins-paperback","title":"The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World -- Vincent Bevins, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2020 BY NPR, THE \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Jakarta Method\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Bevins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541724006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent Bevins \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning journalist and correspondent. He covered Southeast Asia for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, reporting from across the entire region and paying special attention to the legacy of the 1965 massacre in Indonesia. He previously served as the Brazil correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, also covering nearby parts of South America, and before that he worked for the Financial Times in London.\u003cbr\u003eAmong the other publications he has written for are the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, the New York Review of Books, Folha de S.Paulo, The New Republic, The New Inquiry, The Awl, The Baffler, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Vincent was born and raised in California and spent the last few years living in Jakarta.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bevins, Vincent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47447718559972,"sku":"9781541724006","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/81_-ZcH6OHL.jpg?v=1780101210","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-jakarta-method-washingtons-anticommunist-crusade-and-the-mass-murder-program-that-shaped-our-world-vincent-bevins-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}