The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & the Mass Murder Program that Shaped our World

Vincent Bevins' "The Jakarta Method" examines the United States' anticommunist foreign policy following World War II, focusing on the 1965-66 mass killings in Indonesia and their global impact. The book reveals how this brutal event served as a model for similar interventions in Latin America, exemplified by the phrase "'Jakarta is coming.'" Bevins argues that these US-backed extermination programs, often hidden or ignored, profoundly shaped the current global political and economic order. The text includes excerpts from the book, offering insights into its analysis of events in Indonesia, Brazil, and Chile, and discusses the lasting consequences of this history, including the resurgence of fanatical anticommunism. The book challenges conventional understandings of the Cold War and its legacy, highlighting the extensive violence employed in the name of anticommunism and its enduring effects on the affected nations and the world.