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
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.
Luke
2022-11-14 04:43:15 +0000 UTCNot 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...
Aaron Good
2022-11-10 17:04:36 +0000 UTCIntrigued 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?
Luke
2022-11-10 16:01:55 +0000 UTCfrank bischoff
Aaron Good
2022-11-07 03:29:02 +0000 UTCWhat was the name of the police officer who arrested Michael Fomenko?
Himbo Slice
2022-11-06 08:53:35 +0000 UTCLoved Poulgrain and Good interview!
John McElroy
2022-11-06 01:26:56 +0000 UTCShould be fixed now!
Aaron Good
2022-11-04 15:55:37 +0000 UTCAudio silence near the end where your solo wrap-up usually is, before the outro music. Good to hear from Poulgrain!
TinkOfSE
2022-11-04 15:43:19 +0000 UTC
