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Mentioned in 8 episodes

The Jakarta Method

Book • 2020

The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins is a comprehensive history that reveals the U.S.

government's role in fostering systematic mass murder across the globe, especially in Southeast Asia and Latin America, as part of its anticommunist strategy during the Cold War. The book uses recently declassified documents, archival research, and eyewitness testimony to detail the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists and its lasting impact on global politics.

Bevins traces how these events influenced later anticommunist dictatorships and continue to shape the social and political landscape today.

Mentioned by

Katie Gatti-Tossan

Mentioned in 8 episodes

Mentioned by

Katie Gatti-Tossan

as a book she starts slowly reaching for when someone says capitalism is the best way to create prosperity.

Personal Finance is Broken—Can These Economists Fix It?

Mentioned by

Rachel Donald

when discussing the 1965 Indonesian coup.

Language and Violence | Sunil Amrith

Mentioned by

Katie Gatti-Tossan

as a big influence on an episode about global capitalism.

How Other Countries Used Their Darkest Hour to Radically Reform Their Economies

Mentioned by

Ash Sarkar

as a book that looks at the ways in which the US backed death squads around the world.

The Future Of Left Politics | Ash Sarkar

Mentioned in reference to its serious consequences and connections.

Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? w/ Gabriel Rockhill

Mentioned by

Claire Parker

as the topic of next week's book report.

Noticing the Super Bowl, Successful Chicken, and Olympic Penis Cheating

Mentioned by

Claire Parker

as a detailed account connecting U.S. anti-communist interventions to mass violence in multiple countries.

Noticing Manon’s Hiatus, Timothee Chalamet’s Friendships, and The Jakarta Method

Mentioned by Bikram Gill alongside 'Killing Hope' when referencing CIA-backed destabilization tactics in the Global South.

Myth: "I Stand With the Iranian People…BUT" w/ Bikrum Gill

Mentioned by

Liz Franczak

in the closing segment, suggesting it provides relevant historical context to the episode's discussion.

Episode 178: Anti-terror in the Philippines

Mentioned by

Julie Bogart

as a narrative nonfiction book about the Cold War in Indonesia and the American role.

279. Finally: Not Boring History with Emily Glankler

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