American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia: US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism, 1920-1949
by Frances Gouda, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
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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. Drawing on extensive research in American, Dutch, Indonesian, and Australian diplomatic records and archival documents, as well as the archives of the United Nations, the authors give a new overview of show more the political background and changing rationale of American foreign policies. show lessTags
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Frances Gouda is professor of History and Gender Studies at the Belle van Zuylen Institute of the University of Amsterdam.
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- Canonical title
- American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia: US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism, 1920-1949
- Original title
- American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia: US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism, 1920-1949
- Original publication date
- 2002
- Important places
- Indonesia; Dutch East Indies; USA; Japan; The Netherlands
- Important events
- Indonesian War of Independence
- First words
- This book examines American perceptions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia and indirectly, the Dutch nation in northern Europe itself.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)What American political interventions in the Indonesian Question in 1948 and 1949 did accomplish, however, was not only to speed up the process of decolonization, but also to preserve both the Indonesians and the Dutch from an even longer guerrilla struggle that would have exacted many more human lives.
- Original language
- English
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- Genres
- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 327.730598 — Society, Government, and Culture Political science International Relations: Spies North America United States U.S.-Asian Relations
- LCC
- E183.8 .I5 .G68 — History of the United States United States History Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations. Relations with individual countries
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