Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Glossary

Introduction

American Foreign Policy and the End of Dutch Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia: An Overview

``It's 1776 in Indonesia''

The United States and the Dutch East Indies: the Celebration of Capitalism in West and East during the 1920's

American Visions of Colonial Indonesia from the Great Depression to the Growing Fear of Japan, 1930-1938

The Specter of Japan and America's Recognition of the Indonesian Archipelago's Strategic Importance, 1938-1945

The Politics of Independence in the Republik Indonesia and International Reactions, 1945-1949

The Emerging Cold War and American Perspectives on Decolonization in Southeast Asia in the Postwar Era

Indonesia's Struggle for Independence and the Outside World: England, Australia, and the United States in Search of a Peaceful Solution

Armed Conflict, the United Nations' Good Offices Committee, and the Renville Agreement: America's Involvement in Trying to Reach a Settlement

Sovviet Strategies in Southeast Asia and Indonesian Politics: US Foreign Policy Adrift during the Course of 1948

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