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American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia: US Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism 1920-1949

by Frances Gouda and Thijs Brocades Zaalberg

Amsterdam University Press, 2002
eISBN: 978-90-485-0503-6 | Paper: 978-90-5356-479-0
Library of Congress Classification E183.8.I5G68 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.73059809041

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC

ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Frances Gouda is professor of history and gender studies at the Belle van Zuylen Institute at the University of Amsterdam.|Thijs Brocades Zaalberg is a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents - 6 Preface and Acknowledgments - 10 Abbreviations and Glossary - 14 Introduction - 18 1 American Foreign Policy and the End of Dutch Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia: An Overview - 26 2 "It's 1776 in Indonesia" - 45 3 The United States and the Dutch East Indies: the Celebration of Capitalism in East and West during the 1920's - 67 4 American Visions of Colonial Indonesia from the Great Depression to the Growing Fear of Japan, 1930-1938 - 84 5 The Specter of Japan and America's Recognition of the Indonesian Archipelago's Strategic Importance, 1938-1945 - 101 6 The Politics of Independence in the Republik Indonesia and International Reactions, 1945-1949 - 120 7 The Emerging Cold War and American Perspectives on Decolonization in Southeast Asia in the Postwar Era - 143 8 Indonesia's Struggle for Independence and the Outside World:England, Australia, and the United States in Search of a Peaceful Solution - 166 9 Armed Conflict,the United Nations'Good Offices Committee, and the Renville Agreement: America's Involvement in Trying to Reach a Settlement - 201 10 Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia and Indonesian Politics:US Foreign Policy Adrift during the Course of 1948 - 238 11 Rescuing the Republic's Moderates from Soviet Communism:Washington's Conversion to Unequivocal Support of Indonesia's Independence - 267 Epilogue - 295 Archival Sources and Selective Bibliography - 307 Sources of Illustrations - 314 Notes - 316 Index - 370

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