Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Introduction -- 1 American Foreign Policy and the End of Dutch Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia: An Overview -- 2 "It's 1776 in Indonesia" -- 3 The United States and the Dutch East Indies: the Celebration of Capitalism in East and West during the 1920's -- 4 American Visions of Colonial Indonesia from the Great Depression to the Growing Fear of Japan, 1930-1938 -- 5 The Specter of Japan and America's Recognition of the Indonesian Archipelago's Strategic Importance, 1938-1945 -- 6 The Politics of Independence in the Republik Indonesia and International Reactions, 1945-1949 -- 7 The Emerging Cold War and American Perspectives on Decolonization in Southeast Asia in the Postwar Era -- 8 Indonesia's Struggle for Independence and the Outside World:England, Australia, and the United States in Search of a Peaceful Solution -- 9 Armed Conflict,the United Nations'Good Offices Committee, and the Renville Agreement: America's Involvement in Trying to Reach a Settlement -- 10 Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia and Indonesian Politics:US Foreign Policy Adrift during the Course of 1948 -- 11 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.