Suharto's Cold War

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In Suharto's Cold War, Mattias Fibiger not only situates the consolidation of the Suharto regime in Indonesia in the late 1960s and 1970s within the global Cold War context but also shows the consequences of the anti-communist turn in Indonesia under Suharto for the direction of the Cold War across Southeast Asia during this period. The book thus offers a major contribution to our understanding of the history of modern Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and of the Cold War. * John T. Sidel, London School of Economics and Political Science * Fibiger's well-researched book provides an incomparably detailed account of an all-important moment in the story of the Cold War in the Third World: the violent ending in the mid-1960s of President Sukarno's project of non-alignment and the founding of President Suharto's US-allied dictatorship. By revealing what the Cold War looked like from Jakarta, Fibiger re-orients our understanding of international relations history. * John Roosa, author of Buried Histories: The Anticommunist Massacres of 1965-1966 in Indonesia * The book contributes to a greater understanding of how a post-colonial country navigates its domestic interest amidst immense global ideological tensions...Mattias Fibiger's Suharto's Cold War presents a highly original study to help make sense of the actions of Indonesia under Suharto in its interaction with other countries both in the region and beyond. The book reaffirms the importance of understanding the domestic context and political situation in explaining a country's foreign policy behaviour. * Yosef Djakababa, South East Asia Research * Suharto's Cold War is a major achievement and promises to be a key reference in years to come for the study of Indonesia, the Global Cold War,Third World counterrevolution, and the IR of Southeast Asia. * Deepak Nair, The Australian National University, Canberra *