American visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia : : US foreign policy and Indonesian nationalism, 1920-1949 / / Frances Gouda with Thijs Brocades Zaalberg.

• Author: Gouda, Frances, 1950-
• TeilnehmendeR: Brocades Zaalberg, Thijs.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: American Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).

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 the political background and changing rationale of American foreign policies.

Table of Contents

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. American Foreign Policy and the End of Dutch Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia: An Overview -- CHAPTER TWO. "It's 1776 in Indonesia" -- CHAPTER THREE. The United States and the Dutch East Indies: The Celebration of Capitalism in East and West during the 1920's -- CHAPTER FOUR. American Visions of Colonial Indonesia from the Great Depression to the Growing Fear of Japan, 1930-1938 -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Specter of Japan and America's Recognition of the Indonesian Archipelago's Strategic Importance, 1938-1945 -- CHAPTER SIX. The Politics of Independence in the Republik Indonesia and International Reactions, 1945-1949 -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Emerging Cold War and American Perspectives on Decolonization in Southeast Asia in the Postwar Era -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Indonesia's Struggle for Independence and the Outside World: England, Australia, and the United States in Search of a Peaceful Solution -- CHAPTER NINE. Armed Conflict, the United Nations' Good Offices Committee, and the Renville Agreement: America's Involvement in Trying to Reach a Settlement -- CHAPTER TEN. Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia and Indonesian Politics: US Foreign Policy Adrift during the Course of 1948 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Rescuing the Republic's Moderates from Soviet Communism: Washington's Conversion to Unequivocal Support of Indonesia's Independence -- Epilogue -- Archival Sources and Selective Bibliography -- Sources of Illustrations -- Notes -- Index