Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, 1945 49

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1981. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 344 p. Maps. Footnotes. Bibliography of Archive Collections. Index. McMahon looks closely at one area where American diplomacy played an important role in the end of the European imperial order Indonesia placing America's later policy in Indochina, in historical context. From Wikipedia: "Jump to: navigation, search Dr. Robert McMahon Nationality United States Fields International Relations Institutions University of Florida Ohio State University Alma mater University of Connecticut Robert J. McMahon is an American historian of the foreign relations of the United States and a leading scholar of the Cold War. He currently holds the chair of Ralph D. Mershon Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University. McMahon received his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1977. He taught at the University of Florida from 1982 to 2005, when he moved to Ohio State University. He has held visiting positions at the University of Virginia and University College Dublin. McMahon holds a joint appointment with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at OSU. McMahon served as 2001 president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations."