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Episode 83: Allen Dulles' Long Game in Indonesia w/Greg Poulgrain
🕑 Added 2022-11-02 20:07:07 +0000 UTCAaron talks to the tireless and iconoclastic historian of post-colonial Indonesia, Greg Polugrain. In this first of two episodes, they discuss Allen Dulles' dark influence over US policy in Indonesia up through the Eisenhower administration.
Greg Poulgrain teaches history at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He is the author of The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, 1945-65, The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles, as well as the more recent JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Old Man" by Mock Orange
Artwork: From the cover of TIME, Dec. 23, 1946
Comments
Luke
might be a typo: "lrast", curious what you meant... "at least" prob. I don't get the sense that he sought to fit into a new deal platform. He seems to me a crafty, individualistic grey area type. I presume FDR brought him in to have Morgenthau scan his activity.
Aaron Good
Not that I know of. It would be interesting to know about. Of course Joe Sr. would have known Wallace from his time in FDR's administration...
Luke
Intrigued by the suggestion that JFK wanted to pick up the mantle of Henry Wallace. Has any work been done detailing JFK's familiarity with Wallace?
Aaron Good
frank bischoff
Himbo Slice
What was the name of the police officer who arrested Michael Fomenko?
John McElroy
Loved Poulgrain and Good interview!
Aaron Good
Should be fixed now!
TinkOfSE
Audio silence near the end where your solo wrap-up usually is, before the outro music. Good to hear from Poulgrain!
