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American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia
US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism 1920-1949
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Frances Gouda
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English, English
Published/Copyright:
2002
About this book
A revealing reassessment of the American government's position towards Indonesia's struggle for independence
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Frances Gouda is professor of history and gender studies at the Belle van Zuylen Institute at the University of Amsterdam.
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Frontmatter
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Table of Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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Abbreviations and Glossary
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Introduction
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CHAPTER ONE. American Foreign Policy and the End of Dutch Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia: An Overview
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CHAPTER TWO. “It’s 1776 in Indonesia”
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CHAPTER THREE. The United States and the Dutch East Indies:The Celebration of Capitalism in East and West during the 1920’s
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CHAPTER FOUR. American Visions of Colonial Indonesia from the Great Depression to the Growing Fear of Japan, 1930-1938
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CHAPTER FIVE. The Specter of Japan and America’s Recognition of the Indonesian Archipelago’s Strategic Importance, 1938-1945
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CHAPTER SIX. The Politics of Independence in the Republik Indonesia and International Reactions, 1945-1949
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CHAPTER SEVEN. The Emerging Cold War and American Perspectives on Decolonization in Southeast Asia in the Postwar Era
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CHAPTER EIGHT. Indonesia’s Struggle for Independence and the Outside World: England,Australia, and the United States in Search of a Peaceful Solution
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CHAPTER NINE. Armed Conflict, the United Nations’ Good Offices Committee, and the Renville Agreement: America’s Involvement in Trying to Reach a Settlement
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CHAPTER TEN. Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia and Indonesian Politics: US Foreign Policy Adrift during the Course of 1948
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. Rescuing the Republic’s Moderates from Soviet Communism: Washington’s Conversion to Unequivocal Support of Indonesia’s Independence
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Epilogue
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Archival Sources and Selective Bibliography
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Sources of Illustrations
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Notes
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Index
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