This analysis of US policy towards Indonesian nationalism concludes that Truman's support for independence was based on his Cold War priorities and not principled backing for self-determination. It reveals how Eisenhower's New Look led to a disastrous CIA-backed intervention in 1957-58 and propelled Indonesia towards the Soviet bloc. Exposing the extent of Australian influence on US policy, this account reveals how the personal prejudices of Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles undermined the notion of rational policymaking.

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ANDREW ROADNIGHT is Research Assistant in the Department of History, University of Warwick.

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Book Title: United States Policy Towards Indonesia in the Truman and Eisenhower Years
Authors: Andrew Roadnight
Series Title: Cold War History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403913944
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-79315-2Published: 19 June 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41964-7Published: 01 January 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-1394-4Published: 19 June 2002
Series ISSN: 2946-8329
Series E-ISSN: 2946-8337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 253
Topics: History of the Americas, Political History, Modern History

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