| Publication |
2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
During the first two decades of the Cold War, especially during the
administration of the United States presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-
1961) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969), relations between the US and
Indonesia were marked with suspicion, ambiguity, and antagonism. This
was in part due to the failures of many US policymakers in understanding-
let alone respecting-Indonesia's culture and politics, especially as they
manifested in the political views and personality of Indonesia's first
president, Sukarno. Failing to see Sukarno as a Javanese-Indonesian leader
whose views on domestic and international politics stemmed from his
Javanese background, many Cold War US policymakers considered him a
communist demagogue who threatened US interests and world peace.
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