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American visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia : US foreign policy and Indonesian nationalism 1920-1949 /

The result of a Fulbright senior research fellowship celebrating the simultaneous 50th anniversaries of the Fulbright Exchange Foundation and the Indonesian Republic, this book offers a new perspective on American attitudes toward Dutch colonial rule and Indonesia's struggle for independence. D...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gouda, Frances, 1950- (Autor), Brocades Zaalberg, Thijs (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2002]
Colección:American Studies
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Glossary
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. American Foreign Policy and the End of Dutch Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia: An Overview
  • CHAPTER TWO. "It's 1776 in Indonesia"
  • CHAPTER THREE. The United States and the Dutch East Indies:The Celebration of Capitalism in East and West during the 1920's
  • CHAPTER FOUR. American Visions of Colonial Indonesia from the Great Depression to the Growing Fear of Japan, 1930-1938
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Specter of Japan and America's Recognition of the Indonesian Archipelago's Strategic Importance, 1938-1945
  • CHAPTER SIX. The Politics of Independence in the Republik Indonesia and International Reactions, 1945-1949
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Emerging Cold War and American Perspectives on Decolonization in Southeast Asia in the Postwar Era
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Indonesia's Struggle for Independence and the Outside World: England,Australia, and the United States in Search of a Peaceful Solution
  • CHAPTER NINE. Armed Conflict, the United Nations' Good Offices Committee, and the Renville Agreement: America's Involvement in Trying to Reach a Settlement
  • CHAPTER TEN. Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia and Indonesian Politics: US Foreign Policy Adrift during the Course of 1948
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. Rescuing the Republic's Moderates from Soviet Communism: Washington's Conversion to Unequivocal Support of Indonesia's Independence
  • Epilogue
  • Archival Sources and Selective Bibliography
  • Sources of Illustrations
  • Notes
  • Index