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lottie1803's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.75
krabbyomondays's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
5.0
this book is good and the cia is evil
carie's review against another edition
challenging
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5.0
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alexanderjamie's review against another edition
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4.0
The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins is a good summary of the various coups in the Third World committed by the US Government. It’s a bit basic in that sense.
For a beginner to the subject, I would certainly approve of this book as a means by which to reframe perspectives on the Cold War but I do feel that Bevins is a bit too friendly about the regimes he talks about eg. Sukarno. I don’t know enough about the PKI and other Communist groups to agree or disagree on that front.
On the whole, Bevins lays the groundwork for the general public to have a nuanced discussion about Cold War politics and the ideological imperialism of the United States during the period. However, I do believe that one should read other perspectives on these regimes so as not too get too rosy a view on them.
As Bevin says, why should the people of the Third World not be allowed to choose their own way? Bevin’s conclusion I think is effective at summarising his point on the failed optimism of the Third World movement during the 1960s and 1970s, stifled by US policy — though he fails to accredit the responsibility of the regimes itself which makes this quite a focused thesis. I understand why it is cut but nevertheless.
For a beginner to the subject, I would certainly approve of this book as a means by which to reframe perspectives on the Cold War but I do feel that Bevins is a bit too friendly about the regimes he talks about eg. Sukarno. I don’t know enough about the PKI and other Communist groups to agree or disagree on that front.
On the whole, Bevins lays the groundwork for the general public to have a nuanced discussion about Cold War politics and the ideological imperialism of the United States during the period. However, I do believe that one should read other perspectives on these regimes so as not too get too rosy a view on them.
As Bevin says, why should the people of the Third World not be allowed to choose their own way? Bevin’s conclusion I think is effective at summarising his point on the failed optimism of the Third World movement during the 1960s and 1970s, stifled by US policy — though he fails to accredit the responsibility of the regimes itself which makes this quite a focused thesis. I understand why it is cut but nevertheless.
carmenthecowboy's review against another edition
i just am not vibing with nonfiction while i’m in school right now i need to read for escapism ðŸ˜