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

Kalau kata anak sekarang, membaca buku ini bagai diterjang tsunami fakta, apalagi untuk saya yang awam terhadap politik internasional. Saya baru tau US launched attack in several cities in Indonesia to create internal conflict, to weaken Soekarno gov stability in 1953, but failed. Freeport masuk Indonesia cuma beberapa hari setelah kekuasaan berpindah dari Soekarno ke Soeharto. Bahwa Jakarta jadi nama/kode untuk anticommunist mass murder movement in Latin America, backed by US. This is a book to understand why and how that bloodiest anticommunist program that killed one million civilians happened in Indonesia 1965-1966. Highly recommended biar ga kemakan isu komunis yada yada. Tapi saya masih bertanya-tanya kok bisa sampai segitunya banget Washington and its allies are untroubled by shedding the blood of unarmed civilians to instill influence and/or to take economical advantage.

Vincent Bevins’ The Jakarta Method is a chilling exposé of U.S.-backed massacres disguised as anti-communism. As an American, Bevins delivers sharp investigative journalism, but leans too hard on blaming the U.S. while downplaying the agency of local regimes. Still, it’s a powerful, necessary reckoning with Cold War hypocrisy. A voice of reason, not victory—and a reminder that “freedom” has often meant death for the Global South.

An excellent read. shocking, Sad, emotional, fascinating, educational its hard to explain. If you have any connection to Indonesia, Asia or Latin America this will give you some kind of understanding as to the world we live in today.