La cruzada anticomunista y los asesinatos masivos que moldearon nuestro mundo
Vincent Bevins presents the hidden history of U.S.-backed massacres in Indonesia, Latin America, and elsewhere. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military murder nearly a million innocent civilians—one of the turning points of the twentieth century. The killings were intended to eliminate the largest communist party outside of China and the Soviet Union, but their strategies would inspire similar state-sponsored terrorism programs in far-flung countries like Brazil and Chile. These events remain shrouded in silence today. In this bold, comprehensive history, Bevins draws on a decade of correspondentship in Asia and Latin America for major U.S. newspapers, newly declassified documents, and archives and eyewitness accounts collected in twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades it was taken for granted that some of the world's most po...read more
