Maîtrise researchIn 2000 I did research on US diplomacy in Indonesia during the Cold War. I wrote my Maîtrise thesis while at the College of William and Mary as an exchange student. Prof. Larry Portis of the Université Paul Valéry was my advisor.Download pdf (1.1 MB) The US and Indonesia between 1945 and 1965: A Case Study of US Antagonism toward Neutralism“History is a mirror in which, if we are honest enough, we can see ourselves as we are as well as the way we would like to be. The misuse of history is the misuse of the mirror: if one uses it to see not only the good in the image, but to see the image as all good.” William Appleman Williams Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The U.S. and the Decolonization of Indonesia, 1942-1949 The Indonesian nationalist movement Franklin D. Roosevelt: from self-determination to self-interest Harry S. Truman: the specter threatens Indonesia Chapter 2: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles and U.S. first imperialist policies in Indonesia, 1953-1957 A tolerant but active policy in the early 1950s The turning point of the mid-1950s Indonesian foreign relations: the "Cold War formula" Chapter 3: U.S. covert activities in the Indonesian rebellion, 1958-1961 The CIA covert plans and the Eisenhower-Dulles contradictions The Pope incident: how the U.S. lost face and had to support Sukarno The Army: the Americans' new anti-Communist ally The U.S. imperialist stance Chapter 4: U.S.-Indonesian doomed relations and the logical path to the coup d'état, 1961-1964 Kennedy's attempt to wipe the slate clean Assistance to Indonesia: the other race with the Soviet Union Increasing tensions under Lyndon B. Johnson Chapter 5: The coup d'état and the anti-Communist crusade, October 1965-early 1966 The September 30 Movement Sukarno's improbable involvement The Council of Generals: a right-wing Army conspiracy The Army: the real culprit The CIA's deceptive innocence Chapter 6: The American press and Indonesia's “bad genocide” The roles and functions of the American press The press accuses the Communists and hushes up the killings The late reports on the killings The enthusiasm of the press as Suharto becomes president Conclusion Bibliography Annexes |